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IGAD Centre of Excellence for Climate Adaptation and Environmental Protection (IGAD CAEP)
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29434
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23/08/2024 10:00
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Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Communication and outreach/awareness; Education and training; Financial support; Institutional arrangements; Knowledge management; Monitoring and evaluation/M&E; Science and research; Socio-economic data and information; Stakeholder involvement; Technology support; Vulnerability assessment
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Agriculture; Food security; Water resources; Ecosystems; Biodiversity; Coastal areas/zones; Health; Adaptation finance; Disaster risk reduction; Energy; Infrastructure; Human settlements; Gender; Indigenous and traditional knowledge; Urban resilience; Services
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The IGAD Centre of Excellence for Climate Adaptation and Environmental Protection (IGAD CAEP) based in Mogadishu, Somalia, is mandated to coordinate climate change adaptation, Loss and damage and Environmental Protection efforts in the eight IGAD countries comprising Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda.
IGAD CAEP was established due to recognition of the level of vulnerability and the need for proactive measures. Nearly 70 per cent of the IGAD region comprising countries including Kenya, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Uganda, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan is made up of Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs), which receive less than 600 mm of rainfall annually. A significant proportion of the population lives below the poverty line, with regional variations. Political, socioeconomic and environmental conditions remain fragile in most countries. Climate change continues to exacerbate an already precarious situation acting as a threat multiplier with its impacts on livelihood systems, water resources, conflict, gender inequality, displacement, health, education and disaster risk management.
The IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) titled Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability indicated that Africa, including the IGAD region, is already grappling with severe impacts of climate change, with projections pointing to worrying trends without deep cuts to global carbon emissions and a significant scaling up of climate change adaptation. Although Africa accounts for less than 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions, it hasn’t been left behind in reducing emissions, as shown by its commitment to the Paris Agreement. However, climate change adaptation remains the region's highest priority due to its current and future vulnerability.
The Centre’s goal is to catalyse coordinated and sustained adaptation planning, decision-making and action across the IGAD region and to support the region in preparing for and adapting to the impacts posed by the changing climate, including frequent droughts, floods, cyclones, sea level rise, sandstorms, and desert locust infestation among other effects.
The Centre supports the implementation of National Adaptation Plans (NAP), Updated NDCs and other relevant adaptation-related policies of member states.
The Centre seeks to address climate change as a crosscutting matter and coordinate the integration of climate risk and vulnerability assessments in policy development and planning. The centre undertakes climate adaptation programs to minimise risks, safeguard livelihoods, prevent conflicts, take advantage of opportunities, and increase resilience to climate change’s negative impacts.
The Centre also serves as the focal institution for knowledge management and capacity development to study, replicate and scale appropriate adaptive solutions and strengthen climate resilience.
IGAD CAEP also strongly supports IGAD Member State’s Loss-and-damage agenda to ensure it does not undermine efforts towards achieving sustainable development, peace, and stability. The costs of climate-related loss and damages are primarily met by already vulnerable communities and countries trapped in a deep debt climate cycle forced to borrow to firefight one climate-related shock after another, especially droughts and floods. The conversation on loss and damage is inherently about equity. It evokes the question: Why should the IGAD region responsible for less than 1% of global emissions be responsible for the damage resulting from the emissions of wealthy countries? In line with this, IGAD CAEP advocates for enhanced NDC ambitions, especially by the global north and high GHG emitters, to cut GHG emissions, Support Member States in undertaking loss and damage research and capacity development, Support Member States and communities in advocating for reliable and comprehensive loss and damage funding to address the ever-increasing cost of climate impact-related loss and damage burden, which is unsustainable, Advocate for and support regional climate justice agenda that puts vulnerable populations, including women, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), refugees, migrants, children, and minority communities, front and centre of the Loss and Damage discourse and Support efforts to curate interactive discussions in the region that bring the Loss and Damage community and other relevant stakeholders together to ensure coordination and alignment and provide a platform for sharing loss and damage knowledge and ideas, including scientific and indigenous technologies.
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Climate Smart Agriculture Youth Network Global
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09/05/2024 13:30
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Agriculture; Food security; Biodiversity; Gender; Indigenous and traditional knowledge
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1.Official launch of Women in Africa For Sustainable Agriculture (WASA) in Egerton University
2.Official launch of the Virtual E-learning platform
3.Official Launch of the SDG month.
4.Harnessing the power of youth in SDG localization Online Dialogue
5.Global Environment Education Partnership (GEEP)East African Hub Consultation in Somalia both Hybrid and Online.
6.Communication tea
7. Global Frameworks related to Climate Change lesson for Interns and Facilitators.
8.Participation of Dean of Students Office Egerton and GSCAYN interns in a tree planting exercise by Hon. Musalia Mudavadi Prime Cabinet Secretary of Kenya at Egerton University;Tree planting in Njoro Precious Schools,Kabianga University,Rvist (Centres of Excellence GCSAYN)
9. Environmental Education As an Enabler to Transformation of the Agriculture food system towards contributing to the AcfCTA' Online Dialogue
10.Koronivia and joint Work on Agriculture related negotiation.Lesson for Interns and Facilitators
11.Africa day 2023 , building capacity and inner strength through challenging times.Online Dialogue.Participation of Executive Director
12.The role of communication in the achievement of sustainable development goals in Africa by 2030 Online Dilogue
13.Njoro Precious Event(Beat Plastic Pollution) Hybrid Event in Kenya with presence of Executive Director Mr Divine
14.Official launch Of GCSAYN office at Egerton University, Lautech university Nigeria ,Rift Valley Institute of Technology
15.Asareca Meeting .Online Dialogue on Transforming the Agri-food system
16.Domenico Session on Virtual Academy .Lessons for interns and Facilitators to learn more on use of Virtual Academy resources
17.How can young people take part in Climate Action through technology and innovation. Online Dialogue with FAO Chief Scientist as main Speaker
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Famazonia Foundation Inc
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29380
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18/04/2024 14:30
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26/08/2024 09:53
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Kelsey Warren
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Climate observations; Climate scenarios; Education and training; Science and research
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Water resources; Ecosystems; Biodiversity
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Our mission is to fight for socio-environmental preservation and awareness of its importance through the consolidation of non-profit associations.
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Environmental Resources Foundation
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29433
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23/08/2024 10:00
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Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Climate observations; Climate scenarios; Communication and outreach/awareness; Education and training; Financial support; Impact assessment; Institutional arrangements; Knowledge management; Monitoring and evaluation/M&E; Science and research; Socio-economic data and information; Stakeholder involvement; Technology support; Vulnerability assessment
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Agriculture; Food security; Water resources; Ecosystems; Biodiversity; Coastal areas/zones; Health; Adaptation finance; Disaster risk reduction; Energy; Infrastructure; Human settlements; Gender; Indigenous and traditional knowledge; Urban resilience; Tourism; Services; Heavy industry
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Environmental Resources Foundation (ERF) is a not for profit foundation, constituted under sec-25 of Company Law, to accelerate adoption of sustainable living, through work in communities. Active since 2011, ERF has been working to expand its programs to build an ethic of sustainable living across communities. We want to engage and build many champions of sustainability across communities.
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Video series “How to effectively restore mangroves”
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29432
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19/08/2024 17:30
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Wetlands International
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Africa; Asia; Caribbean and Central America; Pacific/Oceania; South America
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Global
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Academics and scientists; Communities; Policy makers; Practitioners; Private sector
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19/08/2024 17:30
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Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Science and research
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Ecosystems; Biodiversity; Coastal areas/zones; Ecosystem-based adaptation; Community-based adaptation; Disaster risk reduction
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As the spotlight on mangrove restoration grows, it is essential to adopt the most effective restoration approaches. Wetlands International presents a series of animated videos that show why inclusive ecological approaches are the way forward. Learn how to move beyond mass monoculture planting by applying the latest scientific insights and involving local communities and other stakeholders.
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The Nature Conservancy
ID:
25413
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22/04/2016 11:56
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13/08/2024 16:41
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unfccc\trusau
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Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Climate observations; Communication and outreach/awareness; Education and training; Impact assessment; Knowledge management; Monitoring and evaluation/M&E; Science and research; Socio-economic data and information; Vulnerability assessment
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Agriculture; Food security; Water resources; Ecosystems; Coastal areas/zones; Disaster risk reduction; Infrastructure; Human settlements
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Roberto Felix
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International Climate Change Adaptation & Resilience Program (ICCARP)
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29427
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22/07/2024 20:30
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Association for Promoting Sustainability in Campuses and Communities
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Academics and scientists; Communities; Policy makers; Practitioners
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09/08/2024 19:06
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Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Education and training
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Agriculture; Food security; Water resources; Ecosystems; Biodiversity; Ecosystem-based adaptation; Community-based adaptation; Energy; Urban resilience
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Fostering Ecosystem Restoration, APSCC has launched an "International Climate Change Adaptation & Resilience Program (ICCARP)" to catalyze the younger generation and communities for transformation. Under ICCARP, we are driving several thematic international programs that have been conceptualized and progressed as Sustainable Transformation agenda on Responsible Nation Building, Community Empowerment & Development, and Ecosystem Restoration Initiatives, in collaboration/ partnership with multiple stakeholders across the globe. The primary objective is to bring about attitude change for sustainability at Pre and Post-Secondary Institutions and communities, complementing multiple Sustainable Development Goals under the following themes:
Green Campus Initiative
Lab-to-Land Environment Education and Action Research
Regenerative Agriculture - Topsoil Pollution Prevention, Ecosystems Restoration and Organic Food Production
Conserving Fauna of Concern
Cooperation for Wetlands and Aquifer Restoration and Conservation
Industrial Symbiosis & Revitalizing Village Industries for Sustenance
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Best Management Practice: Okabena C and D and Drainage Ditch
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29431
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08/08/2024 17:00
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The Okabena C&D project was a success and there are several lessons that can be learned from this project and implemented into a framework for best practices in adaptive water management.
Creating Okabena C&D as a Water Adaptation
A major good practice and lesson learned was that the C and D coordination was favored upon other means of controlling the drainage, is because of a strong role played by producers and their self-sufficiency in securing funding. Another reason included that theland-based draining was large and a C&D area with a board could better fund and maintain the project as the producers would have mind control on their work. Further if they need maintenance or infrastructure replacements, it is easier to fund it in a levy system. Furthermore, liability insurance is provided to C&Ds through the Saskatchewan Conservation and Development Association.
C&D Governance and Maintenance
Another lesson learned and outcome was with regards to the governance and the maintenance of the C and D. Apart from the partial funding from the government that contributed greatly to the project, the producers worked as a financially self-sufficient group.
As an organization, every C&D has a yearly audit to set the budget that is required for it to operate and the budget comes from levies on the landowners. Currently, there is a C&D Board consisting of 5 members governing and overseeing the C&D based on C&D legislation. The board is all volunteers that get reimbursed for annual meetings. The board charges the landowners with 70 cents an acre for operations and 38 cents an acre for administration. The board has a secretary that helps with ongoing work such as complaints, record-keeping, expenses, and maintenance.
The board is responsible for the water infrastructure in the area and the water that flows through the main ditch onward into Lake Winnipeg. Therefore, if there are any issues with culverts not draining properly in the C&D or if there are constructions or activities in neighboring areas that may impact the quality of water in the Okabena C&D area or in case of any concerns, the board maintains the integrity and may consult with WSA.
In an example, the board was consulted as a third party to put forth their concern so that everything is discussed before the certificate of construction for a neighbor gets approved, even though the construction was legislated by provincial regulations from the Ministry of Environment.
Duplication of processes
As Okabena was the first C&D in the province built after more than thirty years. At first it was challenging for the producers to understand the Conservation and Development Act of Saskatchewan and follow the different processes that needed to be completed to establish the C&D. However, after its completion, Okabena worked as a model to create more C&Ds in the province. MJRWS a produced a manual on developing C&Ds that is available online and at least five other C&Ds were developed in the province after Okabena.
The mandate of creating more C&Ds to protect the water will be carried by a partnership between Saskatchewan Conservation and Development Association, Water Security Agency as the regulator, and MJRWS from an environmental benefit perspective with a stewardship approach.
Collaborative Forms of Working and Effective Leadership
By developing C&Ds, landowners engage to work collaboratively to tackle agricultural water management issues as a community rather than as individuals and have local governance over local water management issues. For creating and implementing water management projects within their boundaries, producers are able to borrow financial resources, expropriate land and introduce administrative and operational levies to the municipal tax roll. Establishment of C&Ds is increasingly known as an effective public interest tool to provide responsible water management on agricultural lands.. A positive quality of C&Ds is that they are community-based projects. They create communities so that landowners work together for the betterment and are committed to their collective benefits. In this way, no single landowner will simply act alone on their self-interest to create ditches. Instead, they worked together to implement the environmental components of the project such as vegetating ditches and staging the water.
Collaboration emerged over a period of time. When the C&D was first established, there were some hard feelings between landowners that was a hinderance for producers to working together. This was eventually resolved when community demonstrated more openness and willingness to put aside the incidents of the past and work towards a common objective and collective benefit through a C and D.
Another factor that benefited the project was that there were not a large number of landowners so they could work closely and cooperatively. Moosejaw River Watershed Stewards Association and the Water Security Agency also played a role in the success of the project. A strong role was played by the government educating and interacting with people.
As the petition had to be signed by the landowners within the area to form the C&D, the producers that had taken the initiative of forming the C&D and later created the C&D board, where representatives of the board had one-on-one conservations with each producer. Through these conservations, the producers understood how that the project would be a benefit to them and agreed to be involved in it. The leadership explained that these initial phases should have the patience to talk to people and be good communicators.
The major lesson learned from this exercise is that not only is collaboration between the participants important but also the effective leadership on part of both producers but also government to care about the mandate of the project that allowed greater engagement of people to make a difference. Thus an important developing the C&D, leaders or champions of the community should be identified as the community also will support and follow them.
Funding Availability
Local watersheds need additional funding and support from different government departments, such as the Ministry of Agriculture, Highways, Environment, and Municipal Affairs to establish C&Ds and producers should also be more patient with government timelines and processes.
C and D and Climate Change
Another lesson learnt by the farmers is the importance of climate change. Their farming practices and technology that they use for pesticide have changed. Because of Saskatchewan’s extreme weather conditions, climate change has escalated the need to act. Water Security Agency has a strong agricultural water management strategy. Similarly, neighbouring provinces have strong mitigation plans.
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Okabena C and D as a governance institution
The outcome of the Best Management Practices was the creation of the C and D authority, a governance institution and the engineering channel of the big ditch drainage. The Okabena C&D area was created in 2012. After three successive attempts to create the C and D the producers were able to effectively coordinate themselves and work collaboratively with Moose Jaw River Watershed Stewards, a watershed association, in Farm Stewardship Programming. They received additional support and funding as a C&D area from multiple agencies. The Conservation and Development Act of Saskatchewan and Water Security Agency guidelines were used to build in the project. The Okabena C and D is a high quality and robust governance institution that offers multiple benefits apart from improving water quality and better agricultural productivity. It also improves water quality and is a climate-adaptive measure.
After overcoming the challenges of using 1949 the Conservation and Development Act of Saskatchewan and establishing Okabena as a C&D area, Okabena was used as a model and more C&Ds were created in the area. The members of the Okabena C&D consider the completion of the project as a legacy in the area as the Okabena was the first C&D in the province in thirty years. The smooth process of creating the C and D has led to similar processes being formulated.
The Drainage Ditch- an Engineering Success
The second outcome of the Okabena C and D processes was the engineering of the big ditch drainage, the water flows at the top end and the peak flow of the water entering the Moose Jaw River were identified.
It takes more than ten years for the ditches to get vegetated, however, the results in 2016 also shown less sedimentation as a consequence of the vegetation process. Producers have also expressed high satisfaction as the water has gotten drained off and crop yields have become better.
Tests within Okabena in 2016 have shown that there has been a significant reduction in bacteria and sedimentation which improves water quality entering the Moose Jaw River’s main channel. This is because the water is now flowing with a less velocity and through a grassed natural waterway. The producers have seen the change in the area by experiencing repetitive dry and wet cycles every ten years.
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University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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North America
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Canada
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Academics and scientists; Communities; Policy makers
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08/08/2024 17:12
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Kelsey Warren
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Biere, K. (2016a). Okabena project- a model of success retrieved from https://www.producer.com by 2020/12/07
Biere, K. (2016b). Much ado about drainage retrieved from https://www.producer.com/news/much-ado-about-drainage/ by 2020/12/07
Biere, K. (2016c). New regulations could make drainage easier retrieved from https://www.producer.com/news/new-regulations could-make-drainage-easier/ by 2020/12/07
Drainage Stewardship Upper Souris Watershed Association (2016) retrieved from http://lowersouris.com/wpcontent/uploads/2016/06/Final_Draina e_Stewardship_Book.pdf by 2020/12/07
Esri Inc. (2020). ArcGIS Pro (Version 2.5) [Okabena location]. Esri Inc.
Esri Inc. (2020). ArcGIS Pro (Version 2.5) [Area of Okabena C&D]. Esri Inc.
Needelman, B. A., Kleinman, P. J., Strock, J. S., & Allen, A. L. (2007). Drainage ditches: Improved management of agricultural drainage ditches for water quality protection: An overview. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 62(4), 171-178.
Saskatchewan watershed authority. 2006. Moose Jaw river watershed, source water protection plan retrieved from https://www.wsask.ca/Global/Water%20Info/Watershed%20Planni g/MooseJawRiverWatershedSourceWaterProtectionPlan.pdf by 2020/12/07
The Saskatchewan Gazette, Authority of queen’s printer. (2014). Retrieved from https://publications.saskatchewan.ca/api/v1/products/70846/for ats/78741/download by 2020/12/07
Water Security Agency (WSA). 2017. Conservation Development Area Authority, The Guide retrieved from https://www.wsask.ca/Global/Water%20Programs/Agricultural%2 Drainage/Agricultural%20Water%20Management%20Strategy/C%2 and%20D%20Development%20 Guide%20Final%20low%20res%20for%20web.pdf by 2020/12/07
Water Security Agency. (2021). Saskatchewan Water security plan 2025. See https://www.wsask.ca/Global/About%20WSA/25%20Year%20Wate %20Security%20Plan/WSA_25Year Reportweb.pdf. Accessed on 14.2.2021.
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Okabena is a Conservation and Development area (“C and D”) in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. It was defined and established in 2012 by the Minister responsible for Saskatchewan Watershed Authority, as “The Okabena Conservation and Development Area Number One Hundred and Seventy-six”. A Conservation and Development Area in Canada is defined as a governance institution that allows landowners to work together in developing agricultural water management projects for better agricultural productivity, better water quality and greater climate adaptation. The Okabena C and D area covers 14,800 acres of land that drain towards Moose Jaw River and is located near Regina, the capital city of Saskatchewan. The main objective of this study is to document the best management practice that is the C and D and big ditch drainage that have been implemented in Okabena to engage in agricultural water management. The study that was identified through a discussion with the Water Security Agency of Saskatchewan and Saskatchewan Association of Watersheds.
The main problem that this area has been facing was that of agricultural runoff that is high in sediments. Individual farmers had cut ditches to drain water off their land to maximize their crop returns. These localised ditches were causing uncontrolled volumes and velocities of water runoff to the nearby Moosejaw River. Erosion and sedimentation would also lead to poor water quality as the drainage carried soil-absorbed polluting chemicals. Land that is heavily drained leads to greater levels of nutrients and sediments dumped into surface water thereby decreasing downstream water quality. Another consequence of the field drainage activities is the increased costs to downstream landowners due to flooding problems associated with greater flows of water moving across fields and longer durations of standing water restricting agricultural production activities. As all the producers within the basin were draining water from their land, they all had to take responsibility for the damage which resulted in erosion and sedimentation.
The Best Management Practice adopted by the Okabena was the creation of a C and D, in partnership with watershed agencies such as Moosejaw River Watershed Stewards (MJRWS) and the Water Security Agency (WSA) for the creation of a drainage ditch that diverts the agricultural run-off into the Moosejaw River in 2011.
The aim of the Okabena C and D project was to reduce sedimentation and improve water quality entering the Moose Jaw River’s main channel. C&D’s provide local governance over local water management issues utilising the knowledge of landowners. The C&D’s aim to develop engineering solutions like drainage ditches and flood control mechanisms. C&D projects embrace a drainage stewardship approach and through proper ditch construction with grassed waterways, sedimentation and nutrient loading into downstream waters is reduced.
The Okabena C and D was formed after 30 years and 3 attempts. It was the first C&D that was developed in Saskatchewan since 1970s. It informed and facilitated development of other C&Ds within the area. In 2011, the project was initiated by Moose Jaw River Watershed Stewards (MJRWS) where a successful collaboration between the MJRWS, producers within the C&D area, and Water Security Agency (WSA) was formed.
The project was partially funded by the government and partially by levies on municipal taxes. Engineering firms were hired to design and construct the ditch drainage and the project was completed in 2013. The total cost of the project was $900,000 and the government contributed $280,000 through a pilot project program with ongoing costs per acre for maintenance being levied on rural municipal taxes.
Forming the C and D was a tedious process. The initial group comprised of 14 landowners in 2011. By 2016 it included about 50 producers in two rural municipalities (Briere, 2016a). Land was consolidated by bigger farms (around 1400 acres) The Conservation and Development Act of Saskatchewan, legislated in 1949, allows land-owners in a certain area to petition for a C&D Association.
C&Ds are producer led organizations with an elected board with the ability to control land, design, construct, and maintain flood control and other works on be- half of producers within the area. C&Ds are also drainage, or sub-drainage, basins defined by hydrology of the landscape (WSA, 2017).
Producers within or close to a C&D area can request to add a parcel of land to the C&D for drainage or take a land out of the C&D if drainage is not happening (Drainage Stewardship Upper Souris Watershed Association, 2016; Briere, 2016b).
To establish the C&D, producers communicated with their neighbors and a series of more than six meetings was held between 2011 and 2012 to bring everyone together and engage them.
Through a democratic/consultative process tall agreed to the project to move ahead. A business plan was created preceding the development of the C&D. The producers in the drainage basin also decided that they needed to form a C&D with the ability to control land and tax for maintenance, and approve future works. After the initial agreement, when they had the engineered plan with associated costs of building the drainage, everyone was consulted again and voted for the plan. The C&D board got consent of the plan from landowners and the Saskatchewan Environment Ministry. They had to get approval from everybody that had a quarter section within that area for the project to go ahead. 48 landowners within the water basin signed permits to agree to the plan to form the C&D. Landowners permissions allowed the group to receive approval from WSA and the recognition of C&D. They agreed to improve the main waterway through engineered designs, resloping, revegetating, and installation of control structures.
C&Ds work closely with WSA. WSA has the authority to apply taxes to the municipal tax roll within the C&Ds for construction and maintenance costs. A legally binding petition was developed with WSA, signed by two-thirds of the landowners, and then presented to the Minister in charge for approval to form a C&D. Similar to the process of becoming a C&D, the producer group brings drainage works into regulatory compliance and new engineered works also should be approved by WSA for the construction to take place.
Project leaders within the producers and the governmental agencies were identified as the champions of the project to enhance collaboration between themselves. Project leaders within the producers demonstrated effective volunteerism and leadership to build a community of producers that worked together for the betterment and committed to their collective benefits.
The project was an engineered drainage channel to minimize the sedimentation and erosion discharged into the Moose Jaw River and to reduce the impact of flooding on farmland. After the C&D was established and the plan got approved, an engineering firm was hired through WSA to set out the drainage area and drainage design. Afterwards, a contractor was hired to build the drainage.
The project was designed by the engineering firm AECOM. AECOM is an engineering and infrastructure firm that develops and implements solutions to complex environmental challenges and projects. They collected data and conducted field surveys. Their findings suggested that in the upland, the runs and ditches were shallow and farmed through normal agricultural operations. They noted that on the lower reach of the creek (south of the railroad), the slope is steeper and the channel becomes deeper and more defined. The solution to the problem was to control the erosion by shaping and sloping the channels, seeding them to grass and installing grade control structures. Ditches could not be made straight from the producers’ lands to the river because that increases velocity’s flow.
Therefore, the project followed the course of the natural waterway of the drainage back to the actual waterway of the Moose Jaw River. Through the creation of the vegetated ditches, erosion and sedimentation is reduced. In addition to erosion, significant rainfall events contributed to runoff that could also cause flooding. In that regard, the capacity of culverts through the highway and the railroad were evaluated and adapted to meet the normal flood frequency criteria.
They came up with a business plan for the producers’ area. The plan execution comprised of excavating existing water drainage streams that were within the topography of the land. After these drainage streams were cleaned out the culverts across the highway and the railroad tracks and other roads were more strategically placed to contain the flow to navigate it through certain areas to slow down the flow as it makes it way down to the river.
Another important factor of the engineering was they had to hold back the upstream water to stage the stream and control the flow. For this very reason the natural waterway of this drainage program is gated culvert. As the water streams open up in the spring, the gated culverts hold back the water up top. So those culverts open from the bottom to the top and at first the top culverts stay closed.
The construction of the ditch started in the fall of 2012 and was finished in a very timely manner by the winter of 2013. The three main channels did not get grassed until the summer of 2013. There was heavy snowfall and spring run-off in the winter but there was no damage to the project. The cost of Okabena project was CAD $900,000. The engineering and design of the ditch cost CAD $68,000. The construction of the ditch cost approximately $700,000 and there were some other contingency expenses.
The project funding came partially from the province and partially from the producers through the C&D levies. The Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) and the Provincial Council of Add Boards (PCAB) contributed through the Canada-Saskatchewan Farm Stewardship Program for a cost sharing project. This relief fund of CAD 2,80,000 was available as the government was trying to come up with a solution to the excess water problem apart from crop insurance and other ad hoc payments, which are band-aid approaches. There was funding available for producers to reduce sedimentation and erosion and improve water quality. The Farm Stewardship Program was to fund 75% of the total project costs up to a maximum of $280,000. The remaining were to be funded by the landowners and costs per acre for maintenance levied on rural municipal taxes.. The levy was $53 an acre and the distribution over 10 years facilitated the payment for landowners.
In 2012, the Okabena C&D Board requested the local Government Committee of Saskatchewan Municipal Board (SMB) to incur expenditures and create a debt not payable within the current year, in the sum of up to $800,000. The amount of debt to be payable on completion of construction and finalization of long-term borrowing, but not later than December 31, 2013 with interest at a fixed interest rate not to exceed 5.6% per annum, payable annually. The local Government Committee authorized the SMB to borrow the sum of $800,000.
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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a global theme. However, social, cultural, and natural characteristics of each nation should influence the application of CSR. This chapter describes CSR practices in five countries: Brazil, Japan, India, Italy, and Romania. The method applied is a descriptive case study, and a qualitative analysis is made. Cross-cultural comparison studies may help one better understand how CSR practices emerge in each country in a globalized economy.
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India’s demand for energy is growing with the energy gap between demand and supply of about 12–15 %. As a developing country, India has to play an important role in the development and utilization of renewable energy resources (solar, wind, bio-energy, hydro, etc.) for sustainable development. The country has high potential to harvest the renewable energy because of strategic geographic location. Considering the renewable energy potential, India can play a responsible role to take positive steps towards carbon emission and ensuring for its sustainable future by increase its energy share through renewable energy. Currently, the renewable energy accounts 26 GW (12 %) of the total power generation capacity of 212 GW as in 2013. The renewable energy industry has shown a promising growth over the last couple of years compared to non-renewable energy and it is expected to grow at an even higher rate in the Twelfth Five Year Plan period (2012–2017). The country’s vision in renewable energy development aims to achieve 55 GW by 2022, and by 2050 about 50 % of its total energy through renewable sources. An extensive pool of knowledgeable and skilled manpower competent to design, install and maintain renewable energy systems will be required. The MNRE report published in 2012 on “Human Resource Development Strategies for Indian Renewable Energy Sector”, at a moderate growth of 10 % the wind sector would employ about 75,000 people by the year 2020. Similarly, the report estimated that Solar PV on-grid and off grid sector would employ 1,52,000 and 2,25,000 respectively by the year 2022. The estimated numbers are equally large for the other renewable energy technologies like solar thermal, small hydro, biomass, biogas etc. Shortage of skilled and quality trained manpower is considered to be a major challenge in the growth of renewable energy sector. Higher educational institutions (HEIs) and renewable energy organizations have to play a crucial role in human resource development and capacity building to overcome the challenges, and achieve projected renewable energy target in sustainable manner to reduce India’s energy dependency.
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India has one of the largest number of higher education systems in the world next to China and the US. With an increase in demand for higher education in recent years, Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) are required to manage more students than they can afford, demanding more energy/other vital resources such as water and predominantly, more fossil fuels, exerting more pressure on the campus ecosystems, contributing more to the emission of green house gases (GHGs). This fact is never duly recognized, neither at the level of the concerned campus nor at state/national policy levels. However, the breadth and depth of climate change issues/problems/concerns have prompted greater international interest/commitment in the need for campus sustainability through Campus Carbon Neutrality (CCN). To become carbon neutral, universities in the developed world are striving to reduce their emissions of GHGs, cut their use of energy, use more renewable energy, and emphasize the importance of sustainable energy sources. Our insights/experiences have indicated several key barriers and major strategies which could be adopted for CCN in India and which are discussed in this chapter.
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The problems related to the process of industrialisation such as biodiversity depletion, climate change and a worsening of health and living conditions, especially but not only in developing countries, intensify. Therefore, there is an increasing need to search for integrated solutions to make development more sustainable. The United Nations has acknowledged the problem and approved the “2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. On 1st January 2016, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the Agenda officially came into force. These goals cover the three dimensions of sustainable development: economic growth, social inclusion and environmental protection. The Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals comprehensively addresses the SDGs in an integrated way. The Encyclopedia encompasses 17 volumes, each one devoted to one of the 17 SDGs. This volume addresses SDG 16, namely "Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels" and contains the description of a range of terms, which allows a better understanding and fosters knowledge.
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Climate observations; Communication and outreach/awareness
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Community-based adaptation
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The study looks into the existing gaps in the newsrooms of the selected editions of the Hindi-language newspapers reporting on the issues of climate change. It analyzes how climate change stories especially landslide news are covered and reported and are prioritized in daily reporting assignments. It used cross-sectional, descriptive, exploratory and qualitative methods. The primary data was collected through in-depth, semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions with the working journalists and editorial staff of the selected newspapers. The study approached content analysis to extract themes in the reportage of issues where the newspapers played a crucial role in developing people’s perception of climate change by using their considerable public trust to build acceptance through small narratives. It was observed that the connection between climate change and the local event is seldom made in climate reportage. Although the damage caused was reported extensively, there is little introspection by the newspapers as to the reasons for such catastrophic events. The study finds that there is little to no connection is made to the significance of anthropogenic factors in causing the disaster in all the observed news stories. The attribution to climate change appears mostly in the form of vague throwaway statements or brief quotes from experts.
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NWPPrimaryEmail:
nairdevcom@hpcu.ac.in
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Scientific/peer reviewed publication
NWPCountryItem:
India
NWPWeblink:
https://www.cuhimachal.ac.in
NWPRelevantWeblinks:
https://jdc.journals.unisel.edu.my/index.php/jdc/article/view/231;#The study looks into the existing gaps in the newsrooms of the selected editions of the Hindi-language newspapers reporting on the issues of climate change. It analyzes how climate change stories especially landslide news are covered and reported and are prioritized in daily reporting assignments. It used cross-sectional, descriptive, exploratory and qualitative methods. The primary data was collected through in-depth, semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions with the working journalists and editorial staff of the selected newspapers. The study approached content analysis to extract themes in the reportage of issues where the newspapers played a crucial role in developing people’s perception of climate change by using their considerable public trust to build acceptance through small narratives. It was observed that the connection between climate change and the local event is seldom made in climate reportage. Although the damage c...
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Title:
Training and Capacity Building for the Compliance of ‘Green Protocol’ @Puducherry – Regenerative Agriculture
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29421
Created:
02/07/2024 18:30
NWPInformationType:
Knowledge Resource
NWPDataSource:
https://www.apsccglobal.org/2020/01/01/training-and-capacity-building-for-the-compliance-of-green-protocol/
NWPRelevantStakeholders:
Students from Schools and HEIs
NWPEffortsToAddressSOE:
NWPFocusonNElossesFlag:
Attitude change through climate education, training, and capacity building
Seeds of change for climate adaptation
Good practices and lessons learned:
This initiative aims to empower the next generation with practical knowledge and skills essential for sustainable development, fostering a proactive approach towards environmental stewardship and innovative solutions across various sectors.
Asset created for the campus by the students.
Moving beyond the classroom.
NWPMandatesandFrameworks:
Mandates:
Sustainability Integration in educational institutions, industries, residences, and other organizations must integrate sustainability principles into their operational and strategic frameworks.
Environmental and Climate Education for students and employees to foster a culture of sustainability.
Compliance with Environmental Standards
Community Engagement
Frameworks:
Water-Food-Energy-Biodiversity Nexus Framework
Resource Recovery Framework
Conservation Framework
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Framework
Monitoring and Evaluation Framework
Stakeholder Engagement Framework
NWPTypeOfOrganization:
Civil society
NWPModalityApproachandMechanism:
Modality
Participatory Approach
Mechanism:
Steering Committee
Sustainability Offices
Training and Capacity Building
Monitoring and Evaluation System
Partnerships and Collaboration
Reporting
NWPOutcome:
Training Programs Completed
Resource Efficiency Improvements
Pilot Projects Implemented
Green Startups and Business Ideas Launched
Educational Materials Produced
Performance Reports
Partnerships and Collaborations Established
Recognition and Awards
Improved Environmental Metrics
NWPPartner:
Association for Promoting Sustainability in Campuses and Communities
Scope of work:
Assessment; Design of approaches; Data collection and management; Development of strategies; Implementation; Stakeholder engagement; Communication and outreach
NWPGeographicRegion:
Asia
NWPGeographicScope:
Local
NWPOutputs:
Country:
Target group:
Academics and scientists; Communities
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02/07/2024 18:30
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crmmocservices
NWPReferences:
Adaptation element:
Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Communication and outreach/awareness; Education and training; Impact assessment; Institutional arrangements; Knowledge management; Monitoring and evaluation/M&E; Science and research; Stakeholder involvement; Technology support
Adaptation sector/theme:
Agriculture; Water resources; Ecosystems; Biodiversity; Coastal areas/zones; Health; Ecosystem-based adaptation; Community-based adaptation; Disaster risk reduction; Indigenous and traditional knowledge; Urban resilience; Tourism
NWPUpdate:
Type of knowledge resource:
Scale of work:
NWPSlowOnsetEvents:
Created By:
crmmocservices
Description:
‘Training and Capacity Building for the Compliance of “Green Protocol” @ Puducherry’, was provided to the Post Graduate Students of Université Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, France along with the students& researchers of Pondicherry University (Central University) & Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (Central School). In this program activities, special preference was given to water-food-energy-biodiversity nexus, resource recovery, conservation, and entrepreneurship (startups & green business ideas) – encompassing ‘regenerative agriculture’. ‘Regenerative Agriculture’ is an integrated soil conservation approach primarily focusing on the topsoil regeneration by re-establishing the ecology of soil biodiversity, thereby increasing the readily available plant nutrients and water-holding capacity, and strengthening the water cycle, ecosystem services, complex food chain, and bio-sequestration, ultimately forming the base for resilience to climate change. The purpose of this training and capacity building was to provide a roadmap with background and a broad conceptual framework to plan and implement ‘green campus’ strategies for sustainability and/or to kick start similar strategies in Universities/Colleges/Schools across the globe, for the compliance of ‘Green Protocol’.
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NWPTypeOfKnowledge:
Educational/training material
NWPCountryItem:
NWPWeblink:
https://www.apsccglobal.org/2020/01/01/training-and-capacity-building-for-the-compliance-of-green-protocol/
NWPRelevantWeblinks:
https://www.apsccglobal.org/2020/01/01/training-and-capacity-building-for-the-compliance-of-green-protocol/;#Capacity Building Case Study
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Title:
Comprehensive Green Protocol- for the Educational Institutions, Industries, Residences and Other Organizations of the Union Territory of Puducherry’
ID:
29420
Created:
02/07/2024 18:30
NWPInformationType:
Knowledge Resource
NWPDataSource:
https://www.apsccglobal.org/2018/04/13/comprehensive-green-protocol/
NWPRelevantStakeholders:
local authorities
members of university administrations
teaching staff
research staff
research scholars
student groups
project officers and consultants
sustainability leaders from governments, industries
NGO’s
other stakeholders relevant to the field
NWPEffortsToAddressSOE:
NWPFocusonNElossesFlag:
Increased resilience of communities and ecosystems to environmental challenges.
Good practices and lessons learned:
Use of data-driven approaches to adjust and refine protocols for continuous improvement.
Long-Term Impact
Contribution to global efforts in achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.
NWPMandatesandFrameworks:
Promote Sustainable Development
Implement Effective Conservation Techniques
Support Global Environmental Goals
Monitor and Measure Progress
NWPTypeOfOrganization:
Civil society
NWPModalityApproachandMechanism:
By adopting and rigorously implementing the Comprehensive Green Protocol, significant strides can be made towards environmental sustainability, ensuring a healthier planet for future generations.
Implementation and Measurement includes:
Awareness
Capacity Building
Data Collection
Digitalization
Reporting
NWPOutcome:
Increased water reuse and recycling.
Growth in organic farming
Increased green spaces
Increased renewable energy use
Higher recycling rates
Biodiversity protection
Job creation
Revenue generation
NWPPartner:
Association for Promoting Sustainability in Campuses and Communities
Scope of work:
Data collection and management; Development of strategies; Stakeholder engagement; Communication and outreach
NWPGeographicRegion:
Asia
NWPGeographicScope:
Local
NWPOutputs:
Country:
India
Target group:
Academics and scientists; Communities; Policy makers
Modified:
02/07/2024 18:30
Modified By:
crmmocservices
NWPReferences:
Adaptation element:
Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Communication and outreach/awareness; Education and training; Institutional arrangements; Knowledge management; Monitoring and evaluation/M&E; Science and research; Stakeholder involvement
Adaptation sector/theme:
Agriculture; Food security; Water resources; Ecosystems; Biodiversity; Coastal areas/zones; Ecosystem-based adaptation; Community-based adaptation; Disaster risk reduction; Energy; Human settlements; Indigenous and traditional knowledge; Urban resilience; Tourism
NWPUpdate:
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NWPSlowOnsetEvents:
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crmmocservices
Description:
To overcome the ever-increasing shortage of natural resources and unsustainable waste management practices, a ‘comprehensive green protocol’ was required. In view of this, a consortium of experts and dignitaries from the partnering organizations (DSTE, PPCC, PU, and APSCC) had joined hands to conduct the “State-Level Awareness Program on Sustainable Waste Management – 2017-18”, a 30-day program conducted across all four districts of the Union Territory of Puducherry. The collective knowledge gathered from the program has resulted in the creation of the ‘Comprehensive Green Protocol’ as a guide for Universities, Colleges, Schools, Industries, Tourism Sector, Hotels, Hospitals, and other organizations to carry forward the stated missions of the program. The protocol is expected to serve as a tool and guide to all stakeholders to commit to Environmental Responsibility and Sustainable Development. thereby creating a healthy environment for the campuses and communities at large.
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Educational/training material
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NWPWeblink:
https://www.apsccglobal.org/2018/04/13/comprehensive-green-protocol/
NWPRelevantWeblinks:
https://www.apsccglobal.org/2018/04/13/comprehensive-green-protocol/;#Protocol Document
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Title:
Implementing a Holistic and Student-Centered Outreach Programme Towards Integrated Sustainable Development of the Campus — A Case Study of a Residential School from South India’
ID:
29419
Created:
02/07/2024 18:00
NWPInformationType:
Case study
NWPDataSource:
Primary Data of the pilot research
NWPRelevantStakeholders:
Pondicherry University, local community, Students and Staff.
NWPEffortsToAddressSOE:
NWPFocusonNElossesFlag:
Green School Development
Good practices and lessons learned:
The Green Campus Initiative is a golden opportunity to develop and implement tailor-made programs with an integrated approach encompassing:
Reclamation and recycling of greywater
Xeriscape
Sustainable management of solid and hazardous wastes
Energy efficiency and bio-energy generation
Vermicompost
Organic kitchen garden
Topsoil and biodiversity conservation
Student involvement and staff orientation are the heart of the Green Campus Initiative program.
NWPMandatesandFrameworks:
Integrated Cyclical System Model
Energy Recovery
Nutrient Recovery
Regenerative Agriculture
Water Reclamation and Application
Xeriscape, etc.
NWPTypeOfOrganization:
Civil society
NWPModalityApproachandMechanism:
The modality approach involves engaging students and staff in hands-on activities like tree planting, recycling programs, and energy-saving campaigns. Mechanisms include forming eco-clubs, conducting workshops, and collaborating with environmental organizations to implement and sustain green practices on campus.
NWPOutcome:
This study presents a case of a residential school in the developing part of the world that transforms itself into a model, self sufficient sustainable campus through constant motivation sustained by the result of their positive actions towards the sustainable development of the campus. While the green campus initiatives are more likely to focus solely on ecological issues (downplaying social and economic issues), this initiative revolves around the continually evolving and adaptive sustainability model that depends on the integrated knowledge from all the stakeholders in the school (lowest to the highest echelons) by bringing all of them to work as one single group with a vision on school sustainability. Emphasizing more on this, the Green Campus Initiative (GCI) is successfully evolved and implemented within 100 working days. This pilot scale Green Campus Initiative was evolved, based on the research done at Pondicherry University, and implemented as the student centered outreach programme, encompassing water-food-energy-ecosystems nexus, with an integrated systems approach. The various measures undertaken by the campus are discussed in brief and how they helped transform the campus into a Green Campus. The lessons learnt will be very useful for replication of similar experiments elsewhere in India or in any other developing country
NWPPartner:
Association for Promoting Sustainability in Campuses and Communities
Scope of work:
Assessment; Design of approaches; Data collection and management; Development of strategies
NWPGeographicRegion:
Asia
NWPGeographicScope:
Local
NWPOutputs:
Country:
India
Target group:
Academics and scientists; Communities; Policy makers
Modified:
02/07/2024 18:00
Modified By:
crmmocservices
NWPReferences:
Adaptation element:
Capacity building; Education and training
Adaptation sector/theme:
Agriculture; Food security; Water resources; Ecosystems; Biodiversity; Health; Ecosystem-based adaptation; Community-based adaptation; Energy; Gender
NWPUpdate:
Type of knowledge resource:
Scale of work:
NWPSlowOnsetEvents:
Created By:
crmmocservices
Description:
For several decades now, many institutions are doing their best to strive towards a sustainable future through education, research and out reach. According to UNESCO, the goal of education is to make people wiser, more knowledgeable, better informed, ethical, responsible, critical and capable of continuing to learn. Education is also the means to disseminate knowledge and develop skills, in order to not only bring about desired changes in behaviours, values, lifestyles but also to promote public support towards the continuing and fundamental changes that will be required if humanity is to alter its course towards sustainability. To meet ever growing global environmental challenges, every school, colleges and universities must prepare today’s students in all disciplines, and it cannot be implemented/achieved without students’ involvement.
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NWPPrimaryEmail:
NWPTypeOfKnowledge:
Technical document/report
NWPCountryItem:
NWPWeblink:
https://www.apsccglobal.org/2013/07/10/gci_jnv/
NWPRelevantWeblinks:
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-09474-8_42;#Case Study Chapter;#https://www.apsccglobal.org/2013/07/10/gci_jnv/;#APSCC
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Title:
Implementing Campus Greening Initiatives Approaches, Methods and Perspectives
ID:
29418
Created:
02/07/2024 16:00
NWPInformationType:
Knowledge Resource
NWPDataSource:
https://www.apsccglobal.org/2015/04/05/gcs2013book/
NWPRelevantStakeholders:
· members of university administrations
·teaching staff
· research staff
· research scholars
· student groups
· project officers and consultants
· sustainability leaders from governments, industries
· NGO’s
· other stakeholders relevant to the field
NWPEffortsToAddressSOE:
NWPFocusonNElossesFlag:
Data generation and dissemination
Good practices and lessons learned:
To successfully implement campus greening initiatives, adopt a holistic strategy that integrates leadership, curriculum, and community engagement. Utilize global case studies, adapt practices to local contexts, and focus on sustainable infrastructure like energy-efficient buildings and renewable energy. Incorporate sustainability into education, encouraging relevant research and projects. Ensure continuous improvement by regularly evaluating and updating practices, and share progress to inspire further action. These approaches foster a culture of sustainability and long-term environmental impact.
NWPMandatesandFrameworks:
The book "Implementing Campus Greening Initiatives" discusses various mandates and frameworks essential for sustainability on campuses. Key mandates include institutional policies promoting green practices and regulatory requirements for energy efficiency and waste management. Frameworks such as the Environmental Management System (EMS), Green Building Standards, and Sustainability Assessment Tools guide universities in implementing and measuring their greening efforts. These structures ensure accountability, facilitate continuous improvement, and promote adherence to sustainability goals.
NWPTypeOfOrganization:
Civil society
NWPModalityApproachandMechanism:
The modality approach and mechanisms outlined in "Implementing Campus Greening Initiatives" involve a multi-faceted strategy to achieve sustainability goals. This includes utilizing diverse educational methods, such as integrating sustainability into curricula, and promoting experiential learning through projects and campus operations. Mechanisms include establishing dedicated sustainability offices, employing assessment tools like carbon footprints and green certifications, and fostering partnerships with external organizations. This integrated approach ensures comprehensive and effective implementation of greening initiatives on campuses.
NWPOutcome:
· Contains a comprehensive list of initiatives on campus greening around the world
· Embeds various case studies from industrialized and developing countries
· Provides an account of issues, problems and opportunities
NWPPartner:
Association for Promoting Sustainability in Campuses and Communities
Scope of work:
Assessment; Design of approaches; Data collection and management; Development of strategies; Development of national policies; Implementation; Stakeholder engagement; Communication and outreach
NWPGeographicRegion:
Asia
NWPGeographicScope:
Global; National
NWPOutputs:
Country:
India
Target group:
Academics and scientists; Policy makers
Modified:
02/07/2024 16:00
Modified By:
crmmocservices
NWPReferences:
Adaptation element:
Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Education and training
Adaptation sector/theme:
Food security; Water resources; Ecosystems; Biodiversity; Ecosystem-based adaptation; Community-based adaptation; Energy
NWPUpdate:
Type of knowledge resource:
Scale of work:
NWPSlowOnsetEvents:
Created By:
crmmocservices
Description:
The book is part of the book series: World Sustainability Series (WSUSE). It contains a comprehensive list of initiatives on campus greening around the world. Embeds various case studies from industrialized and developing countries and Provides an account of issues, problems and opportunities
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NWPSecendaryEmail:
NWPPrimaryEmail:
NWPTypeOfKnowledge:
Scientific/peer reviewed publication; Educational/training material
NWPCountryItem:
India
NWPWeblink:
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-11961-8
NWPRelevantWeblinks:
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-11961-8?page=2;#Book
Details
Title:
Life on Land
ID:
29417
Created:
02/07/2024 16:00
NWPInformationType:
Knowledge Resource
NWPDataSource:
https://www.apsccglobal.org/2023/10/25/hesdg/
NWPRelevantStakeholders:
Authorities, Faculties, Research Scholars, Professionals, Scientists, NGOs, and other stakeholders.
NWPEffortsToAddressSOE:
NWPFocusonNElossesFlag:
Data generation and dissemination
Good practices and lessons learned:
The good practices are documentation and publishing for wider reach. Whereas the lessons learned are realization of gaps in data and knowledge platform which is much needed.
NWPMandatesandFrameworks:
Research study based on primary or secondary data
NWPTypeOfOrganization:
Civil society
NWPModalityApproachandMechanism:
APSCC Partnered with the Emerald Publisher and with the Chief Editor Dr. Wendy M. Purcell, Professor, Rutgers University, USA. Circulated through our peer network, website, and social media platform
NWPOutcome:
Research study on changing environmental conditions
NWPPartner:
Association for Promoting Sustainability in Campuses and Communities
Scope of work:
Other
NWPGeographicRegion:
NWPGeographicScope:
Global
NWPOutputs:
Country:
India
Target group:
Academics and scientists; Policy makers
Modified:
02/07/2024 16:00
Modified By:
crmmocservices
NWPReferences:
Adaptation element:
Capacity building; Education and training; Knowledge management; Science and research
Adaptation sector/theme:
Ecosystems; Biodiversity; Coastal areas/zones; Ecosystem-based adaptation
NWPUpdate:
Type of knowledge resource:
Scale of work:
NWPSlowOnsetEvents:
Created By:
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The problems related to the process of industrialisation such as biodiversity depletion, climate change and a worsening of health and living conditions, especially but not only in developing countries, intensify. Therefore, there is an increasing need to search for integrated solutions to make development more sustainable. The United Nations has acknowledged the problem and approved the “2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. On 1st January 2016, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the Agenda officially came into force. These goals cover the three dimensions of sustainable development: economic growth, social inclusion and environmental protection.
The Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals comprehensively addresses the SDGs in an integrated way. It encompasses 17 volumes, each one devoted to one of the 17 SDGs. This volume addresses SDG 15, namely "Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss" and contains the description of a range of terms, which allow a better understanding and foster knowledge.
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The Paradoxes of Climate Change Reporting: A study of landslide news coverage in Hindi language newspapers of Himachal Pradesh, India
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01/07/2024 18:30
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Central University of Himachal Pradesh
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Asia
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National; Regional
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Academics and scientists; Communities; Policy makers; Practitioners
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In this study, we referred to the place attachment theory to develop an understanding of how the notion of state editions of Hindi language dailies has been central to the concept of local journalism. The theory suggests that people have an emotional relationship with specific landscapes (Schweizer et al. 2013). The decision-making processes in journalism practice, especially related to conflicts of interest and ethical pressures in terms of bonding of people to places helps to understand how the complexity and dynamics of emotions in a climate change engagement framework works in reporting of people, activities or processes in reference to climate change reporting (Altman & Low, 1992; Brown & Perkins, 1992; Bhaskaran et al., 2020). The bonds and different forms of attachment that people have for places, particularly landscapes impacted by climate change is a subject of concern while gathering, packaging, and distributing news at the regional level. This concept of local journalism emphasizes on the state news and information about the politics and sociology of communities living in a geography where the newspaper is published and circulated (Richards, 2012). The climate change mediated stories told locally not only explain the meanings people assign to places but also how these meanings are altered as environmental crises arise (Stedman, 2003). O’Neil and Nicholson-Cole’s (2009) study on media representations of climate change reinforces the importance of a physical, place-based connection in the communication of climate change. The study observed that the local stories of climate change make people empowered and thus make a difference. The study insisted that the local context of the climate change stories makes the seriousness of the issue resonant and helps people to prepare them to timely respond. The place-based climate change engagement approach in environmental reporting provides a meaningful dialogue in a specific place, where people interact with each other and the landscape to develop a deeper understanding of the ecological and social inter-relationships and impacts on the ecosystem (Schweizer et al., 2013). The theoretical framework of place-based climate change engagement in climate change reporting provides an opportunity for local media outlets to create a public engagement forum to bring changes at the community level to curb anthropogenic climate change impacts. This also changes the public conversation by simplifying and connecting climate change impacts to people’s values, personal experiences, and daily lives (Hess, Malilay & Parkinson, 2008). This theory allows media scholars to integrate multiple dimensions of climate change communication and helps to understand the paradoxes of telling the stories of climate change (Zehr, 2000). Mocatta et al (2022) in her study observed that the local reporting of the issues of climate crisis can bring transformational changes as they are quite capable of reporting and covering the issues at the community level.
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Capacity building; Climate observations; Communication and outreach/awareness; Education and training; Knowledge management; Science and research; Socio-economic data and information
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Biodiversity; Community-based adaptation; Human settlements
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The study looks into the existing gaps in the newsrooms of the selected editions of the Hindi-language newspapers reporting on the issues of climate change. It analyzes how climate change stories especially landslide news are covered and reported and are prioritized in daily reporting assignments. It used cross-sectional, descriptive, exploratory and qualitative methods. The primary data was collected through in-depth, semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions with the working journalists and editorial staff of the selected newspapers. The study approached content analysis to extract themes in the reportage of issues where the newspapers played a crucial role in developing people’s perception of climate change by using their considerable public trust to build acceptance through small narratives. It was observed that the connection between climate change and the local event is seldom made in climate reportage. Although the damage caused was reported extensively, there is little introspection by the newspapers as to the reasons for such catastrophic events. The study finds that there is little to no connection is made to the significance of anthropogenic factors in causing the disaster in all the observed news stories. The attribution to climate change appears mostly in the form of vague throwaway statements or brief quotes from experts.
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Scientific/peer reviewed publication
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https://jdc.journals.unisel.edu.my/index.php/jdc/article/view/231;#The study looks into the existing gaps in the newsrooms of the selected editions of the Hindi-language newspapers reporting on the issues of climate change. It analyzes how climate change stories especially landslide news are covered and reported and are prioritized in daily reporting assignments. It used cross-sectional, descriptive, exploratory and qualitative methods. The primary data was collected through in-depth, semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions with the working journalists and editorial staff of the selected newspapers. The study approached content analysis to extract themes in the reportage of issues where the newspapers played a crucial role in developing people’s perception of climate change by using their considerable public trust to build acceptance through small narratives. It was observed that the connection between climate change and the local event is seldom made in climate reportage. Although the damage c...
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Assessing knowledge gaps in adaptation planning and defining suitable measures for adaptation in the land-agriculture-tourism and climate nexus in the Paraná Delta, Argentina
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01/07/2024 14:00
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There is consensus among the stakeholders on the persistence of the LAKI knowledge gaps on adaptation in the territory of the Paraná Delta at the different scales of management (national, provincial and local), as well as in the planning tools. These gaps aggravate vulnerabilities, risks, and threats and add complexities in designing adequate adaptation measures. The gaps also prevent the development of concrete solutions further impacting ecosystems, and social systems, as well as jeopardizing the economic development and resource use in the Paraná Delta. Additionally, in some cases, the political agendas oriented to the productive development of the territory and not centered on people, prevent a greater integration of knowledge and its use in the design of response mechanisms for adaptation to climate change. There is a relationship between the knowledge gaps and the four vulnerability dimensions studied (social, environmental, physical, economic). According to the analysis, the prevalence of the knowledge gaps identified could be ranked as follows: 1) gaps in integrated research on the effects of climate change on ecosystem services and their relationship with the quality of life of populations, 2) lack of mechanisms to include adaptation in current planning tools, 3) lack of information and analysis related to the impact of climate change on agricultural production systems and tourism activity in the Delta and 4) lack of economic information and cost-benefit analysis of adaptation needs (with the least number of records or information from the stakeholders). Focus on most prevalent knowledge gap: Regarding gap 1, there was a broad consensus that the communities in the Paraná Delta, inhabiting the territory, should be involved so that they contribute to the processes of knowledge generation as knowledge-bearing stewards since they are the ones who better know the territory and its needs. The stakeholders highlighted the existence of a large amount of local research from communities, local stakeholders, grassroots civil society organizations, local governments, academia, and institutions engaged in generating/gathering and managing technical knowledge. However, this knowledge production is often carried out in isolation or is aligned to specific sectoral objectives or programs hence limiting the capacity for integration of the different stakeholders involved in the Delta. According to the stakeholders this is partly due to an existing limitation in management, communication, and funding from the central level of government, as well as a weakness in public policies and coordination at the subnational level. New gaps and barriers in the territory were identified: ● Lack of information on funding opportunities and/or lack of access to financial sources (tourism) ● Gap between the model of consumption, production and extraction of natural resources compared to paradigm of the conservation of “the web of life” (food security) ● Lack of public information on judicial processes (food security) in particular, those related to burning activities in the wetlands. ● Lack of information on the impacts of climate change leading to maladaptation (land use) ● Inadequate capacity by local communities to influence policy and action due to limited involvement in key processes. ● Barriers due to the use of terminology or concepts which makes it difficult to disseminate knowledge about adaptation and risk management (land use). Tools and mechanisms for strengthening adaptation planning: Considering the data compiled from the two co-creation workshops which provided an analysis of the links between the studied knowledge gaps, dimensions of vulnerability, and the identified climate risks and threats, the following insights on enabling tools and mechanisms for strengthening adaptation planning were highlighted: ● Climate change adaptation planning is an essential tool to face the threats and risks posed by climate change in the Middle Paraná Delta. ● National and sub-national government institutions are recognized as essential stakeholders for closing knowledge gaps and the development of adaptation responses. ● Among the main tools/accelerators available to develop adaptation processes to climate change, the knowledge of local communities and local civil society organizations need to be more visible: ○ Local communities are the first to experience vulnerability and generate response and adaptation mechanisms. ○ Civil society organizations have an increasing interest in participatory processes for adaptation. ○ Civil society organizations are identified as “invisible stakeholders”. The inclusion of invisibilized stakeholders in adaptation planning processes would contribute to a useful social cohesion in the process of generating adaptation responses. ● Local stakeholders acknowledge their own capacities and will to strengthen climate change adaptation to reduce the dimensions of vulnerability in the territory through the tools that are available in the territory. ● Better communication of adaptation strategies and the broad climate change agenda planned by the municipal and provincial governments would allow for the meaningful influence of local knowledge as well as for a stronger use of available funding mechanisms by local initiatives. ● Different capacities and tools available to the community have been identified by the participants for each of the knowledge gaps on adaptation, predominantly in the areas of participation in planning and integrated research (knowledge gaps 2 and 1). ● Integrating climate change learning into the curriculum is seen as an essential way to involve the communities as a whole into the response to challenges posed by climate change. ● Economic information (knowledge gap 3), including cost-benefit analysis of adaptation measures, was the least mentioned by stakeholders as relevant to improving adaptation planning. This type of information was also identified as the least available in the territory. Greater capacity building and empowerment of local stakeholders on the use and relevance of this type of information would strengthen planning processes with the participation of the territory.
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During the co-creation workshops, the impacts and risks of climate change in the middle Delta of Paraná were addressed. Droughts and floods as well as their associated risks, including fires, loss of crops and livelihoods, severely affect the quality of life of the population in the Paraná Delta and are seen as priority issues for adaptation by communities. Additionally, urbanization related to unsustainable architectural designs as well as inadequate land use planning policies, loss of ecosystems and biodiversity negatively impact the quality of life of the populations. There is a division of functions and tasks between different stakeholders that can play negatively in closing knowledge gaps. Governmental institutions assume the responsibility of elaborating and implementing policies, building frameworks for participation and coordination between different levels (local, subnational and national). Academic and technical institutions participate in the construction of knowledge. Locally-based civil society organizations in turn have sought to provide local knowledge and influence decision-making. This exhaustive division of functions leads to new gaps in communication and collaboration, limiting the ability to generate better responses to climate change. Regarding the governance, the co-creation process has identified that the articulation between governmental and non-governmental institutions is insufficient, which weakens the response to the effects of climate change, including planning. Stakeholders also recognized that good governance should include an improvement in the generation, management and access to knowledge, strengthening the science-policy-regulatory interface. The disconnection between scientific-academic knowledge, the knowledge of the communities and the information built at a technical level in the government spheres, results in a poor response to the impacts, risks and vulnerabilities associated with climate change in the Delta. The political agenda of the different public institutions in Argentina face coordination problems, challenging the process and outcome of designing relevant measures for adaptation to climate change. In the case of the Delta, this lack of coordination is exacerbated as a result of jurisdictional problems and the judicialization of conflicts derived from property vs. land possession, changes in land use and unsustainable practices linked to the extensive cattle ranching process that the territory has suffered in recent decades. In more contextual terms, the climate change agenda on mitigation and adaptation at the national level lacks clarity and continuity, as well as funding, which limits the potential of proposals at the local scale. However, the recent elaboration of the National Plan for Adaptation and Mitigation to Climate Change and other planning and monitoring instruments open up opportunities for the mainstreaming of adaptation in public policies as a development policy in the territories. At the same time, the absence of a common vision among different stakeholders at the community and territorial level that can influence governments and private actors is identified. The co-creation process has shown misgivings and a lack of trust among some of these stakeholders. However, there are relevant experiences in the territory such the Deliot Legacy Commission, which has 10 years of horizontal work between NGOs, academic sector and the Municipality of Rosario, for the co-management of the Los Tres Cerros Reserve, located in the province of Entre Ríos, property of the city of Rosario by the legacy of Carlos Deliot.
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National University of Rosario
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South America
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Local
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Argentina
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Communities; Policy makers; Practitioners
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Gomis, M. Huang, K. Lei ell, E. Lonnoy, J.B.R. Ma hews, T. K. Maycock, T. Waterfield, O. Yelekçi, R. Yu and B. Zhou (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press. 46. Pelfini, A. J. (2019). Communication of knowledge for adaptation to climate change: from the translation of expert knowledge to the collective construction of practical responses. Paris: UNESCO, Fundación Avina, IDRC, Red Latino Adapta. 47. Pelling, Mark. (2010). Adaptation to Climate Change: From Resilience to Transformation. Adaptation to Climate Change: From Resilience to Transformation. 1-203. DOI. 10.4324/9780203889046. 48. Peri, P.L.; Martinez Pastur, G.; Schlichter, T. (2021). Sustainable use of the forest: Contributions from Argentine Forestry. 1 special edition. Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. https://www.argentina.gob.ar/ambiente/bosques/aportes-silvicultura 49. Prieto, Manuel & Yager, Karina & Meneses, Rosa & White Nockleby, Caroline. (2021). Understanding Bofedales as Cultural Landscapes in the Central Andes. Wetlands. 41. 102. 10.1007/s13157-021-01500-y. 50. Romanello, M. et al. (2021). The 2021 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: code red for a healthy future. Lancet. 2021 Oct 30;398(10311):1619-1662. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01787-6. Epub 2021 Oct 20. Erratum in: Lancet. 2021 Dec 11;398(10317):2148. PMID: 34687662. 51. Ryan, D. & Bustos, E. (2019). Knowledge gaps and climate adaptation policy: a comparative analysis of six Latin American countries. Climate Policy. 19:10, 1297-1309, DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2019.1661819 52. Ryan, D., Scardamaglia, V., Canziani. Q. (2018). Knowledge gaps in adaptation to climate change. Argentine Diagnostic Report. Regional Network on Climate Change and Decision Making. UNESCO UNITWIN Programme, LatinoAdapta Project. http://www.cambioclimaticoydecisiones.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Informe-Argentina_2019.pdf 53. Secretariat of Environment and Sustainable Development of the Argentine Republic. (2011). Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change for Local Management and Planning. https://cambioclimatico-regatta.org/index.php/es/documentos-herramientas/category/cat-1-sub-2 54. Secretariat of Environment and Sustainable Development of the Argentine Republic [SAyDS]. (2015). Third National Communication. : https://unfccc.int/documents/67499 55. SIMARCC. https://simarcc.ambiente.gob.ar/mapa-riesgo# 56. Smit, B. & Pilifosova, O. (2018). Adaptation to Climate Change in the Context of Sustainable Development and Equity. Climate Change, Adaptive Capacity and Development. IPCC WG2. https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2018/03/wg2TARchap18.pdf 57. Tapella, E. (2007). The Mapping of Key stakeholders. Project Working Paper: "Effects of Functional Biodiversity on Ecosystem Processes, Ecosystem Services, and Sustainability in the Americas: An Interdisciplinary Approach." Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI), Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. 58. The World Bank. (2008). Biodiversity,Climate Change, and Adaptation. Nature-Based Solutions from the World Bank Portfolio. 59. UN: United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). (15 March 2015). Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030. https://www.refworld.org.es/docid/5b3d419f4.html [Accessed 22 June 2022] 60. UNDP. (2021). Regional Human Development Report 2021 "Trapped: High Inequality and Low Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean". 61. UNFCCC. (2011). Report of the Conference of the Parties on its sixteenth session, held in Cancun from 29 November to 10 December 2010. Addendum Part Two: Action taken by the Conference of the Parties at its sixteenth session. FCCC/CP/2010/7/Add.1. United Nations. https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/resource/docs/2010/cop16/eng/07a01.pdf 62. UNFCCC. (2018). Lima Adaptation Knowledge Initiative: Closing knowledge gaps to scale up adaptation. https://www4.unfccc.int/sites/NWPStaging/Documents/LAKI_e-pub_2018.pdf 63. UNFCCC. (2021). The Nairobi Work Programme. The UNFCCC's Knowledge-To-Action Hub: Closing Knowledge Gaps to Advance Transformative Adaptation and Resilience in a Changing Climate. 64. UNFCCC. (n.d.a). What does climate change adaptation and climate resilience mean? 65. UNFCCC. (n.d.b). Closing knowledge gaps to scale up adaptation. The Lima Adaptation Knowledge Initiative. 66. UNFCCC. (n.d.c). LAKI in the Andean Subregion. https://www4.unfccc.int/sites/nwpstaging/Pages/LAKI-South-America.aspx 67. United Nations Environment Programme. (2021). Adaptation Gap Report 2020. Nairobi. 68. United Nations. (n.a.). The Paris Agreement. https://www.un.org/es/climatechange/paris-agreement 69. Wang, Z., Norris, S.L. & Bero, L. (2018). The advantages and limitations of guideline adaptation frameworks. Implementation Sci 13, 72 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-018-0763-4 70. Well, Maria del Pilar (2018). The process of implementing the Paris Agreement (2016-2018): the position of developing countries on adaptation to climate change. Yearbook in International Relations.11-2018, 1-11. National University of La Plata. Faculty of Legal and Social Sciences. Institute of International Relations. 71. Wetlands International. (2010.) The Paraná Delta. https://lac.wetlands.org/publicacion/publicaciones-corredor-azul/ 72. Wetlands without borders. (2021). Paraná Delta. Burning has no end. FARN, Casa RÍO, Cauce and Taller Ecologista. https://farn.org.ar/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/INFORME-DELTA-INCENDIOS-2021_compressed.pdf 73. World Tourism Organization. (2010). Tourism and Biodiversity – Achieving Common Goals Towards Sustainability. 74. World Tourism Organization., & United Nations Environment Programme. (2008). Climate change and tourism: Responding to global challenges. Madrid: World Tourism Organization.
Adaptation element:
Adaptation planning and practices; Knowledge management
Adaptation sector/theme:
Agriculture; Food security; Services; Tourism
NWPUpdate:
Type of knowledge resource:
Scale of work:
NWPSlowOnsetEvents:
Created By:
crmmocservices
Description:
This research seeks to contribute to a better understanding of the knowledge gaps on adaptation to climate change planning in the Middle Paraná Delta. The knowledge gathering process was facilitated through comprehensive literature review, interviews, co-creation workshops and virtual meetings with stakeholders over a period of five months – January to May 2022. The research aimed to contextualize and assess the prevalence of gaps and needs identified through the Lima Adaptation Knowledge Initiative (LAKI). The main results imply the persistence of adaptation knowledge gaps identified by LAKI workshops for the Andean subregion. The most prevalent gap is the lack of integrated research on the effects of climate change on ecosystem services and their relationship with the quality of life of populations. The local community is identified as a key stakeholder for adaptation planning processes while national and subnational government actions are perceived as essential for the generation of adaptation responses. Climate change adaptation planning is recognized by the stakeholders as an essential tool to face the threats and risks posed by climate change in the Middle Paraná Delta.
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NWPPrimaryEmail:
NWPTypeOfKnowledge:
Technical document/report
NWPCountryItem:
NWPWeblink:
NWPRelevantWeblinks:
https://rephip.unr.edu.ar/items/cc71d3e6-4952-4594-8c12-4b815913c3df;#This research seeks to contribute to the understanding of knowledge needs, as well as to close knowledge gaps in the Paraná Delta region regarding climate change and adaptation planning. Therefore, research was conducted through literature review and interviews, as well as co-creation workshops between January and May 2022.
Details
Title:
RegionsAdapt 2021-2022 Report
ID:
29412
Created:
01/07/2024 14:00
NWPInformationType:
Knowledge Resource
NWPDataSource:
NWPRelevantStakeholders:
NWPEffortsToAddressSOE:
NWPFocusonNElossesFlag:
Good practices and lessons learned:
NWPMandatesandFrameworks:
NWPTypeOfOrganization:
Civil society
NWPModalityApproachandMechanism:
NWPOutcome:
NWPPartner:
Network of Regional Governments for Sustainable Development
Scope of work:
NWPGeographicRegion:
Africa; Europe; North America; Pacific/Oceania; South America
NWPGeographicScope:
Regional; Subregional
NWPOutputs:
Country:
Target group:
Academics and scientists; Communities; Policy makers; Practitioners
Modified:
01/07/2024 14:00
Modified By:
crmmocservices
NWPReferences:
NOTE TO THE NWP SECRETARIAT :
Network of Regional Governments for Sustainable Development (NRG4Sd) has changed named in 2020 to Regions4, and we would like to update information on our page, and if possible, publish RegionsAdapt pas report (the last one on the portal is 2017, but we had annual reports since)
Due to change in our communication officer, we have lost contact : could you please contact me mcran@regions4.org to see how we can provide updated content?
We would like to update : https://www4.unfccc.int/sites/NWPStaging/Pages/item.aspx?ListItemId=28495&ListUrl=/sites/NWPStaging/Lists/MainDB
Thank you for your support
Adaptation element:
Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Communication and outreach/awareness; Education and training; Financial support; Institutional arrangements; Monitoring and evaluation/M&E; Science and research; Socio-economic data and information; Stakeholder involvement; Vulnerability assessment
Adaptation sector/theme:
Agriculture; Water resources; Biodiversity; Coastal areas/zones; Health; Ecosystem-based adaptation; Community-based adaptation; Adaptation finance; Disaster risk reduction; Infrastructure; Human settlements; Indigenous and traditional knowledge; Services
NWPUpdate:
Type of knowledge resource:
Scale of work:
NWPSlowOnsetEvents:
Created By:
crmmocservices
Description:
RegionsAdapt is the climate flagship initiative of Regions4 that brings together leading regions on climate change adaptation, to foster collaboration, as well as learning and raising capacities. With more than 70 signatory members impacting over 300 million citizens, RegionsAdapt is mobilizing the ambition of regional governments on adaptation worldwide
This report covers two years of CDP States and Regions data (2021-2022) and includes qualitative additions from additional interviews conducted in partnership with the Basque Center for Climate Change (BC3) with 32 regional governments from all over the world.
Structured around the 4 commitments that regions take when joining the Regions Race to Resilience and RegionsAdapt, the report focuses on capturing the actions and progress that our member regions are making to address the most urgent climate risk hazards.
Reading the report is an opportunity to learn about other adaptation plans, strategies, and actions, and look at trends and evolutions, that can inform your own analysis of progress.
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NWPTypeOfKnowledge:
Educational/training material
NWPCountryItem:
Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Italy, Ivory Coast, Mexico, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom, USA
NWPWeblink:
NWPRelevantWeblinks:
https://regions4.org/publications/regionsadapt-progress-report-2021-2022/;#Read the Report;#https://regions4.org/our-work/climate-change/;#Learn about Regions4 Climate actions
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Title:
Tackling environmental disasters in Nigeria
ID:
29411
Created:
01/07/2024 14:00
NWPInformationType:
Case study
NWPDataSource:
Sources: Data were collected through reconnaissance visits, surveys, stakeholder interviews, and hazard assessments. Collaborations were established with national and local agencies like the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the Nigerian Nat
NWPRelevantStakeholders:
National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)
Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company (KRPC)
Local community leaders and groups
International partners like UNEP
NWPEffortsToAddressSOE:
Focus on air pollution and environmental degradation caused by industrial activities, particularly from KRPC, through stakeholder engagement and community sensitization.
NWPFocusonNElossesFlag:
Community vulnerability to fire outbreaks, air pollution, and waste management issues. Losses are primarily environmental and health-related due to industrial activities.
Good practices and lessons learned:
Following the study, various government agencies, learning institutions and community leaders from the Mararaban Rido community agreed to form countrywide community emergency awareness committees. The stakeholders involved are the National Emergency Management Agency; the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps; the National Environmental Standards Regulatory and Enforcement Agency; the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency; and community leaders from youth, women, and religious groups, retired soldiers, and police officers.
The mandate of these committees is to coordinate risk identification and assessment, hazard mapping, prioritization and community resilience. They will initially focus on fires, epidemics, and floods.
NWPMandatesandFrameworks:
Implementation of the APELL (Awareness and Preparedness for Emergencies at Local Level) framework to enhance community disaster preparedness and response capabilities.
NWPTypeOfOrganization:
Research institution; University/education/training organization
NWPModalityApproachandMechanism:
Community-based risk assessments, collaborative stakeholder engagement, and capacity-building exercises such as fire drills and emergency simulations.
NWPOutcome:
Following the study, various government agencies, learning institutions and community leaders from the Mararaban Rido community agreed to form countrywide community emergency awareness committees. The stakeholders involved are the National Emergency Management Agency; the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps; the National Environmental Standards Regulatory and Enforcement Agency; the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency; and community leaders from youth, women, and religious groups, retired soldiers, and police officers.
NWPPartner:
Institute for Land and Community Resilience, Federal University
Scope of work:
Assessment; Design of approaches; Data collection and management; Development of strategies; Implementation; Stakeholder engagement
NWPGeographicRegion:
Africa
NWPGeographicScope:
National
NWPOutputs:
Country:
Nigeria
Target group:
Academics and scientists; Communities; Policy makers; Practitioners; Private sector
Modified:
01/07/2024 14:00
Modified By:
crmmocservices
NWPReferences:
Adaptation element:
Capacity building; Education and training; Impact assessment; Science and research; Vulnerability assessment
Adaptation sector/theme:
Ecosystems; Community-based adaptation; Disaster risk reduction; Human settlements; Indigenous and traditional knowledge; Urban resilience
NWPUpdate:
Type of knowledge resource:
Scale of work:
NWPSlowOnsetEvents:
Created By:
crmmocservices
Description:
Between February and June 2018, UN Environment and Nigeria’s Minna-based Federal University of Technology/Centre for Disaster Risk Management and Development Studies carried out a study on how the communities around the refinery respond to natural and man-made hazards and emergencies. The assessment was conducted within the framework of the Awareness and Preparedness for Emergency at Local Level (APELL) initiative, designed by UN Environment.
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2515
NWPSecendaryEmail:
gbenga.morenikeji@futminna.edu.ng
NWPPrimaryEmail:
gbenga.morenikeji@futminna.edu.ng
NWPTypeOfKnowledge:
Technical document/report
NWPCountryItem:
NWPWeblink:
https://futminna.edu.ng/
NWPRelevantWeblinks:
https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/tackling-environmental-disasters-nigeria;#Tackling environmental disasters in Nigeria
Details
Title:
GCSAYN and Virtual Academy Online Programme (Successful Adoption of Adaptation Strategies in Agriculture and Food Security)
ID:
29410
Created:
01/07/2024 13:30
NWPInformationType:
Case study
NWPDataSource:
NWPRelevantStakeholders:
NWPEffortsToAddressSOE:
NWPFocusonNElossesFlag:
Good practices and lessons learned:
1.It is crucial to address issues of limited Internet Connectivity by providing alternative means of access, such as offline materials .
2. It is important to adopt a user-centric approach by understanding the need Conducting surveys, gathering feedback, and analyzing user data can help in designing and improving the Virtual Academy's features, content, and delivery methods.. 3.Collaborations and . Partnerships can help ensure the accuracy, relevance, and applicability of the content, as well as widen the reach and impact of the Virtual Academy.
4. Regular monitoring and evaluation, coupled with ongoing feedback collection from learners and stakeholders, are essential for identifying areas of improvement and implementing necessary changes. Continuous updates, expansion of course offerings, and staying abreast of emerging technologies and pedagogical approaches are vital for the Virtual Academy's long-term success.
5.Exploring diverse funding sources, such as partnerships, grants, sponsorships, or user fees, can help ensure the financial stability of the Virtual Academy platform.
NWPMandatesandFrameworks:
NWPTypeOfOrganization:
Civil society
NWPModalityApproachandMechanism:
NWPOutcome:
building the capacity of youth in the climate-smart agricultural
bridging the food insecurity gap
providing an avenue for all to have the opportunity for quality education irrespective of their
educational background, location or age
NWPPartner:
CLIMATE SMART AGRICULUTURE YOUTH NETWORK
Scope of work:
NWPGeographicRegion:
Africa
NWPGeographicScope:
Global
NWPOutputs:
Country:
Kenya,Cameroon,Nigeria,South Africa,Somalia,Zambia
Target group:
Academics and scientists; Communities; Policy makers; Practitioners; Private sector
Modified:
01/07/2024 13:30
Modified By:
crmmocservices
NWPReferences:
GCSAYN Virtual Academy, https://csayn.global.org
Adaptation element:
Capacity building; Communication and outreach/awareness; Education and training; Monitoring and evaluation/M&E; Science and research; Stakeholder involvement
Adaptation sector/theme:
Agriculture; Food security; Ecosystems; Biodiversity; Community-based adaptation; Gender; Indigenous and traditional knowledge
NWPUpdate:
Type of knowledge resource:
Scale of work:
NWPSlowOnsetEvents:
Created By:
crmmocservices
Description:
The purpose of the virtual academy is to provide an online or web-based platform to host various
flagships of GCSAYN.▪ AFCFTA training program
▪ Agribusiness Program
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▪ AYPI
▪ AYSDGT
▪ CEEP
▪ CHAP
▪ Climate Finance Program
▪ CYA
▪ GEEP
▪ ICT for Agriculture
▪ Internship Program
▪ Mentorship Program
▪ PASA
▪ WASA
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2510
NWPSecendaryEmail:
NWPPrimaryEmail:
NWPTypeOfKnowledge:
Technical document/report
NWPCountryItem:
NWPWeblink:
NWPRelevantWeblinks:
https://csaynglobal.org;#GCSAYN Virtual Academy
Details
Title:
Blue-tinted White Paper: Investment Protocol, Unlocking FInancial Flows for Coastal Adaptation to Climate Change and Resilience Building
ID:
29409
Created:
25/06/2024 17:00
NWPInformationType:
Knowledge Resource
NWPDataSource:
Primary data collected through inputs of 24 experts from leading organizations on the topic and representatives of 7 cities who shared insights and provided review. Secondary data include a range of scientific papers, reports and grey literature.
NWPRelevantStakeholders:
Private banks, asset managers, pension funds, private equity firms, insurance and credit rating agencies; multilateral banks, international development aid; philanthropic and impact investment sectors, relevant blue economy/blue tech industries such as coastal tourism, real estate, shipping, ports, fisheries and aquaculture, offshore renewable energy, as well as innovators at a variety of scales; and coastal cities leaders, practitioners and related funding and financing institutions.
NWPEffortsToAddressSOE:
NWPFocusonNElossesFlag:
Good practices and lessons learned:
NWPMandatesandFrameworks:
The White Paper is the first pillar of a 3-pillar Investment Protocol. It provides a summary of funding gaps, as well as options, mechanisms, and stakeholders to unlock financial flows for coastal resilience. The White Paper’s frameworks include: (1) structuring cities’ demand to scale up the number and amount of projects (2) assessing risk and pricing to mobilise private investment (3) leverage the Blue Economy to attract private capitals.
NWPTypeOfOrganization:
Civil society
NWPModalityApproachandMechanism:
NWPOutcome:
Scaled up, improved access and sustainable approach to finance coastal cities’ adaptation.
NWPPartner:
Ocean & Climate Platform
Scope of work:
Assessment
NWPGeographicRegion:
NWPGeographicScope:
Global; Local; National; Regional; Subregional; Transboundary
NWPOutputs:
Country:
Target group:
Academics and scientists; Policy makers; Practitioners; Private sector
Modified:
25/06/2024 17:00
Modified By:
crmmocservices
NWPReferences:
Adaptation element:
Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Financial support
Adaptation sector/theme:
Coastal areas/zones; Adaptation finance; Human settlements; Urban resilience
NWPUpdate:
Type of knowledge resource:
Scale of work:
NWPSlowOnsetEvents:
Created By:
crmmocservices
Description:
Given the important role that coastal cities play in supporting global economies and safeguarding communities, actions must be scaled to ensure they have the resources necessary to set up a pipeline of bankable projects as well as for implementation. If mechanisms exist to support cities to adapt to climate change, coastal cities face unique challenges but also hold opportunities which require tailored efforts. This Blue-Tinted White Paper provides a summary of funding and financing options and mechanisms, as well as a mapping of the key stakeholders. This paper highlights main gaps and puts forward recommendations to unlock financial flows at the scale needed.
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2533
NWPSecendaryEmail:
NWPPrimaryEmail:
NWPTypeOfKnowledge:
Policy brief
NWPCountryItem:
NWPWeblink:
https://climatechampions.unfccc.int/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Investment-Protocol-for-Coastal-Cities-Adaptation-and-Resilience.pdf
NWPRelevantWeblinks:
https://climatechampions.unfccc.int/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Investment-Protocol-for-Coastal-Cities-Adaptation-and-Resilience.pdf;#The Blue-Tinted White Paper, Investment Protocol: Unlocking Financial Flows for Coastal Cities Adaptation to Climate Change and Resilience Building aims to highlight the specific needs of coastal cities and inform investment decisions.
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Title:
Adapt Coastal Cities and Territories to Sea Level Rise in West Africa: Challenges and Leading Practices
ID:
29408
Created:
25/06/2024 17:00
NWPInformationType:
Knowledge Resource
NWPDataSource:
Primary data collected through interviews of 60 regional experts and practitioners collected through interviews and from the workshop “Adapting coastal cities and territories to sea level rise in West Africa” (October 2022) and secondary data from over 60
NWPRelevantStakeholders:
All stakeholders involved in the adaptation of coastal territories including policymakers, researchers, representatives of civil society (NGOs, CSOs, local and indigenous communities) and the private sector, financial institutions and international donors.
NWPEffortsToAddressSOE:
NWPFocusonNElossesFlag:
Good practices and lessons learned:
NWPMandatesandFrameworks:
Focusing on the adaptation of coastal cities to sea level rise in West Africa, the publication’s mandate include: to compile knowledge and experiences; to identify levers and obstacles of adaptation regionally; to promote leading practices and encourage the exchange of experiences; to highlight ways of improvement for policy making. The frameworks to address sea level rise include (1) improved and shared knowledge to inform policies; (2) integrated and place-based coastal governance (3) increased and facilitated access to funding towards sustainable strategies for coastal cities.
NWPTypeOfOrganization:
Civil society
NWPModalityApproachandMechanism:
NWPOutcome:
Increased awareness, capacity building through experience sharing and policy influence at local and international levels through the mobilisation of stakeholders and elected officials.
NWPPartner:
Ocean & Climate Platform
Scope of work:
Assessment; Other
NWPGeographicRegion:
Africa
NWPGeographicScope:
Regional
NWPOutputs:
Country:
NA - Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, Benin, Togo, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, Gambia, Cabo Verde, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana
Target group:
Academics and scientists; Policy makers; Practitioners; Private sector
Modified:
25/06/2024 17:00
Modified By:
crmmocservices
NWPReferences:
Adaptation element:
Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Climate observations; Climate scenarios; Communication and outreach/awareness; Education and training; Financial support; Impact assessment; Institutional arrangements; Knowledge management; Monitoring and evaluation/M&E; Science and research; Socio-economic data and information; Stakeholder involvement; Technology support; Vulnerability assessment
Adaptation sector/theme:
Coastal areas/zones; Ecosystem-based adaptation; Community-based adaptation; Adaptation finance; Infrastructure; Indigenous and traditional knowledge; Urban resilience
NWPUpdate:
Type of knowledge resource:
Scale of work:
NWPSlowOnsetEvents:
Created By:
crmmocservices
Description:
This report was produced by the Ocean & Climate Platform (OCP) with the support of the Centre de Suivi Ecologique (CSE) and draws on the outcomes of a workshop organised in October 2022 and individual interviews of 60+ scientists and practitioners of the West African region. It provides an overview of the current obstacles and needs to be addressed, in light of concrete examples to adapt coastal cities to rising sea levels. It focuses on issues of knowledge production and sharing, integrated governance and non-state actors engagement, and adaptation finance.
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2507
NWPSecendaryEmail:
NWPPrimaryEmail:
NWPTypeOfKnowledge:
Technical document/report
NWPCountryItem:
Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Benin, Togo
NWPWeblink:
https://bit.ly/SLR_adaptation_coastal_cities_West-Africa
NWPRelevantWeblinks:
https://bit.ly/SLR_adaptation_coastal_cities_West-Africa;#This report was produced by the Ocean & Climate Platform (OCP) with the support of the Centre de Suivi Ecologique (CSE) and draws on the outcomes of a workshop organised in October 2022 and individual interviews of 60+ scientists and practitioners of the West African region. It provides an overview of the current obstacles and needs to be addressed, in light of concrete examples to adapt coastal cities to rising sea levels. It focuses on issues of knowledge production and sharing, integrated governance and non-state actors engagement, and adaptation finance.
Details
Title:
Policy Brief: Adapting Coastal Cities and Territories to Sea Level Rise
ID:
29407
Created:
25/06/2024 16:30
NWPInformationType:
Knowledge Resource
NWPDataSource:
Primary data collected through Inputs from experts and practitioners collected at the Ocean & Climate Conference (Ocean & Climate Platform) “Adapting coastal cities and territories to rising sea levels” (13 April 2021) and secondary data from 13 reference
NWPRelevantStakeholders:
All stakeholders involved in the adaptation of coastal territories including policymakers, researchers, representatives of civil society (NGOs, CSOs, local and indigenous communities) and the private sector, financial institutions and international donors.
NWPEffortsToAddressSOE:
NWPFocusonNElossesFlag:
Good practices and lessons learned:
NWPMandatesandFrameworks:
The Policy Brief provides a brief overview of the key challenges and levers to adapt coastal cities and regions to sea level rise, addressing key topics such as knowledge production and uptake, governance, finance, geographic and temporal scales of planning. Frameworks include (1) integrated approach through local partnerships, participation and territorial cohesion (2) dynamic and hybrid strategies.
NWPTypeOfOrganization:
Civil society
NWPModalityApproachandMechanism:
NWPOutcome:
Increased awareness, capacity building through experience sharing and policy influence at local and international levels through the mobilisation of stakeholders and elected officials.
NWPPartner:
Ocean & Climate Platform
Scope of work:
Assessment
NWPGeographicRegion:
Europe
NWPGeographicScope:
Global; Local; National; Regional; Subregional; Transboundary
NWPOutputs:
Country:
Target group:
Academics and scientists; Policy makers; Practitioners
Modified:
25/06/2024 16:30
Modified By:
crmmocservices
NWPReferences:
Adaptation element:
Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Climate observations; Climate scenarios; Communication and outreach/awareness; Education and training; Financial support; Impact assessment; Institutional arrangements; Knowledge management; Monitoring and evaluation/M&E; Science and research; Socio-economic data and information; Stakeholder involvement; Technology support; Vulnerability assessment
Adaptation sector/theme:
Coastal areas/zones; Ecosystem-based adaptation; Community-based adaptation; Infrastructure; Human settlements; Urban resilience; Services
NWPUpdate:
Type of knowledge resource:
Scale of work:
NWPSlowOnsetEvents:
Created By:
crmmocservices
Description:
The policy brief delves into the challenges confronted by stakeholders responsible for adaptation, emphasizing the prerequisites for a sustainable transformation of coastal cities and territories. While a lack of scientific knowledge, political and financial resources, or cognitive biases can delay or hinder action, a consultative, dynamic, hybrid, and inclusive approach can facilitate the design of tailored and sustainable solutions, ultimately enhancing the resilience of coastal areas.
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2532
NWPSecendaryEmail:
NWPPrimaryEmail:
NWPTypeOfKnowledge:
Policy brief
NWPCountryItem:
NWPWeblink:
https://bit.ly/policy-brief_adapt_coastal_cities_SLR
NWPRelevantWeblinks:
https://bit.ly/policy-brief_adapt_coastal_cities_SLR;#The policy brief delves into the challenges confronted by stakeholders responsible for adaptation, emphasizing the prerequisites for a sustainable transformation of coastal cities and territories. While a lack of scientific knowledge, political and financial resources, or cognitive biases can delay or hinder action, a consultative, dynamic, hybrid, and inclusive approach can facilitate the design of tailored and sustainable solutions, ultimately enhancing the resilience of coastal areas.
Details
Title:
Map of Solutions
ID:
29406
Created:
25/06/2024 16:30
NWPInformationType:
Tool
NWPDataSource:
Primary data collected through the written contribution of project managers to an online form.
NWPRelevantStakeholders:
All stakeholders involved in the adaptation of coastal territories including policymakers, researchers, representatives of civil society (NGOs, CSOs, local and indigenous communities) and the private sector, financial institutions and international donors.
NWPEffortsToAddressSOE:
NWPFocusonNElossesFlag:
Good practices and lessons learned:
NWPMandatesandFrameworks:
The Map of Solutions’ mandate includes supporting coastal resilience through the inventory and sharing of leading actions across the globe against the impacts of sea level rise, erosion, storm surges, subsidence, and soil salinisation. The framework is based on an analysis of risks and vulnerabilities addressed, the options used (protection responses, nature-based solutions, managed retreat, and capacity building), the modalities of governance and typology of stakeholders involved (governments, local authorities, research, citizens etc.) and the costs (under 100.000 EUR to above 1 million EUR). It is informed by the direct returns of experiences from the implementing organisation.
NWPTypeOfOrganization:
Civil society
NWPModalityApproachandMechanism:
NWPOutcome:
Capacity-building, peer to peer exchange of knowledge and experiences, improved data accessibility and sharing.
NWPPartner:
Ocean & Climate Platform
Scope of work:
Assessment
NWPGeographicRegion:
Africa; Asia; Caribbean and Central America; Europe; North America; Pacific/Oceania; Polar regions; South America
NWPGeographicScope:
Global; Local; National; Regional; Subregional; Transboundary
NWPOutputs:
Country:
Target group:
Academics and scientists; Communities; Policy makers; Practitioners; Private sector
Modified:
25/06/2024 16:30
Modified By:
crmmocservices
NWPReferences:
Adaptation element:
Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Climate observations; Climate scenarios; Communication and outreach/awareness; Education and training; Financial support; Impact assessment; Institutional arrangements; Knowledge management; Monitoring and evaluation/M&E; Science and research; Socio-economic data and information; Stakeholder involvement; Technology support; Vulnerability assessment
Adaptation sector/theme:
Coastal areas/zones; Ecosystem-based adaptation; Community-based adaptation; Infrastructure; Urban resilience
NWPUpdate:
Type of knowledge resource:
Scale of work:
NWPSlowOnsetEvents:
Created By:
crmmocservices
Description:
The Map of Solutions gathers 100+ initiatives across the world, listing the actions implemented to address erosion, limit the impacts of storm surges or fight against soil salinization. Against these risks, there is no one-size-fits-all response capable of tackling the multitude of issues specific to each city and territory. Hence, the Map of Solutions brings together a variety of ambitious initiatives that combine different approaches ranging from protection responses, nature-based solutions, managed-retreat policies, research projects to capacity building and knowledge sharing activities. The Map of Solutions provides project leaders with concrete feedback, highlighting the outcomes, the takeaways, as well as cautionary remarks.
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2531
NWPSecendaryEmail:
NWPPrimaryEmail:
NWPTypeOfKnowledge:
Technical document/report
NWPCountryItem:
NWPWeblink:
https://seaties.ocean-climate.org/index-en.html
NWPRelevantWeblinks:
https://seaties.ocean-climate.org/index-en.html;#The Map of Solutions is an online interactive tool featuring coastal adaptation projects deployed across the globe and providing project leaders with concrete feedback, highlighting the outcomes, takeaways and cautionary remarks to inspire action.
Details
Title:
Adapting Coastal Cities and Territories to Sea Level Rise in West Africa: Challenges and Leading Practices
ID:
29405
Created:
25/06/2024 16:30
NWPInformationType:
Knowledge Resource
NWPDataSource:
Primary data collected through interviews of 60 regional experts and practitioners collected through interviews and from the workshop “Adapting coastal cities and territories to sea level rise in West Africa” (October 2022) and secondary data from over 60
NWPRelevantStakeholders:
NWPEffortsToAddressSOE:
NWPFocusonNElossesFlag:
Good practices and lessons learned:
NWPMandatesandFrameworks:
Focusing on the adaptation of coastal cities to sea level rise in West Africa, the publication’s mandate include: to compile knowledge and experiences; to identify levers and obstacles of adaptation regionally; to promote leading practices and encourage the exchange of experiences; to highlight ways of improvement for policy making. The frameworks to address sea level rise include (1) improved and shared knowledge to inform policies; (2) integrated and place-based coastal governance (3) increased and facilitated access to funding towards sustainable strategies for coastal cities.
NWPTypeOfOrganization:
Civil society
NWPModalityApproachandMechanism:
NWPOutcome:
Increased awareness, capacity building through experience sharing and policy influence at local and international levels through the mobilisation of stakeholders and elected officials.
NWPPartner:
Ocean & Climate Platform
Scope of work:
Assessment; Other
NWPGeographicRegion:
Africa
NWPGeographicScope:
Local; National; Regional; Subregional; Transboundary
NWPOutputs:
Country:
NA - Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, Benin, Togo, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, Gambia, Cabo Verde, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana
Target group:
Academics and scientists; Policy makers; Practitioners; Private sector
Modified:
25/06/2024 16:30
Modified By:
crmmocservices
NWPReferences:
World Bank. (2022). Compendium : Coastal Management Practices in West Africa - Existing and Potential Solutions to Control Coastal Erosion, Prevent Flooding and Mitigate Damage to Society. Washington, DC: World Bank. © World Bank. https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/2022-06/010085571.pdf
Adaptation element:
Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Climate observations; Climate scenarios; Communication and outreach/awareness; Education and training; Financial support; Impact assessment; Institutional arrangements; Knowledge management; Monitoring and evaluation/M&E; Science and research; Socio-economic data and information; Stakeholder involvement; Technology support; Vulnerability assessment
Adaptation sector/theme:
Coastal areas/zones; Ecosystem-based adaptation; Community-based adaptation; Adaptation finance; Disaster risk reduction; Infrastructure; Human settlements; Indigenous and traditional knowledge; Urban resilience; Services
NWPUpdate:
Type of knowledge resource:
Scale of work:
NWPSlowOnsetEvents:
Created By:
crmmocservices
Description:
The report draws on discussions held during the Sea’ties workshop “Adapting coastal cities and territories to sea level rise in West Africa” organised by the Ocean & Climate Platform, in partnership with the Centre de suivi écologique, and with the support of Climate Chance, on October 2022, in Dakar, Senegal, as well as a series of individual interviews of more than 60 participants. It addresses current practices, the obstacles encountered and the needs in terms of producing and sharing knowledge, how to mobilise financial and private stakeholders to fund solutions, and engage and include local actors in adaptation strategies. Intended for policymakers, city planners and all stakeholders involved in adaptation planning who pursue transformational changes, this report provides an overview of current challenges and highlights, through case studies and boxes, some examples of leading practices and possible responses in West African coastal cities.
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2530
NWPSecendaryEmail:
NWPPrimaryEmail:
NWPTypeOfKnowledge:
Technical document/report
NWPCountryItem:
Togo, Benin, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Mauritania, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone
NWPWeblink:
https://bit.ly/SLR_adaptation_coastal_cities_West-Africa
NWPRelevantWeblinks:
https://bit.ly/adaptation_villes_elevation_mer_Afrique-Ouest;#Drawing on the outcomes of a workshop and individual interviews with 60+ experts across West Arica, the regional report offers an overview of current practices, obstacles and specific needs that must be addressed to implement adaptation strategies to address sea level rise. Targeted at decision-makers, city planners, and residents seeking transformative change along their coastlines, the report illuminate leading practices to inspire action.
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Title:
Adapting coastal cities and territories to sea level rise in North America – U.S. West Coast: Challenges and Leading practices
ID:
29404
Created:
25/06/2024 16:30
NWPInformationType:
Knowledge Resource
NWPDataSource:
Primary data collected through interviews of 50 regional experts and practitioners collected through interviews and from the workshop “Adapting coastal cities and territories to sea level rise in North America” (September 2022) and secondary data from ove
NWPRelevantStakeholders:
All stakeholders involved in the adaptation of coastal territories including policymakers, researchers, representatives of civil society (NGOs, CSOs, local and indigenous communities) and the private sector, financial institutions and international donors.
NWPEffortsToAddressSOE:
NWPFocusonNElossesFlag:
Good practices and lessons learned:
NWPMandatesandFrameworks:
Focusing on the adaptation of coastal cities to sea level rise in the West Coast of the United-States, the publication’s mandate include to compile knowledge and experiences; to identify levers and obstacles of adaptation regionally; to promote leading practices and encourage the exchange of experiences; to highlight ways of improvement for policy making. The frameworks to address sea level rise include (1) actionable knowledge to address local adaptation need; (2) rooting adaptation strategies in communities’ visions (3) dynamic adaptive policy (DAPP) of combined and phased responses through time and space to deliver transformative adaptation including planned relocation.
NWPTypeOfOrganization:
Civil society
NWPModalityApproachandMechanism:
NWPOutcome:
Increased awareness, capacity building through experience sharing and policy influence at local and international levels through the mobilisation of stakeholders and elected officials.
NWPPartner:
Ocean & Climate Platform
Scope of work:
Assessment; Other
NWPGeographicRegion:
North America
NWPGeographicScope:
Local; National; Regional; Subregional; Transboundary
NWPOutputs:
Country:
United States of America
Target group:
Academics and scientists; Policy makers; Practitioners
Modified:
25/06/2024 16:30
Modified By:
crmmocservices
NWPReferences:
Adaptation element:
Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Climate observations; Climate scenarios; Communication and outreach/awareness; Education and training; Financial support; Impact assessment; Institutional arrangements; Knowledge management; Monitoring and evaluation/M&E; Science and research; Socio-economic data and information; Stakeholder involvement; Technology support; Vulnerability assessment
Adaptation sector/theme:
Coastal areas/zones; Ecosystem-based adaptation; Community-based adaptation; Disaster risk reduction; Infrastructure; Human settlements; Indigenous and traditional knowledge; Urban resilience; Services
NWPUpdate:
Type of knowledge resource:
Scale of work:
NWPSlowOnsetEvents:
Created By:
crmmocservices
Description:
This report draws on discussions held during the Sea’ties workshop “Adapting coastal cities and territories to sea level rise in North America: U.S. West Coast”, held on September 12, 2022, in Santa Cruz, California, and organized by the Ocean & Climate Platform in collaboration with the City of Santa Cruz, the University of California at Santa Cruz and the Santa Cruz Sister Cities Committee, with support from Ocean Visions, the Center for Sea Rise Solutions, Santa Cruz Works, the Central Coast Climate Collaborative, and the U.S. Embassy in France. It mobilized over 60 actors of coastal adaptation (elected officials, practitioners, scientists, NGOs, and consultants) from across California to discuss adaptation practices, challenges, and needs encountered in the region, through three thematic sessions: 1) Building on scientific knowledge and science-stakeholder networks to inform adaptation; 2) Equity and social justice: fundamental levers for adaptation and communities’ well-being; 3) Implementing hybrid and adaptive solutions for coastal infrastructure
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2529
NWPSecendaryEmail:
NWPPrimaryEmail:
NWPTypeOfKnowledge:
Technical document/report
NWPCountryItem:
United States of America
NWPWeblink:
https://ocean-climate.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Adapting-coastal-cities-and-territories-to-sea-level-rise-in-North-America-%E2%80%93-US-West-coast-Challenges-and-Leading-practices.pdf
NWPRelevantWeblinks:
https://bit.ly/adapting-us-west-coast-slr;#Drawing on the outcomes of a workshop and individual interviews with 60+ experts across North America, the regional report offers an overview of current practices, obstacles and specific needs that must be addressed to implement adaptation strategies to address sea level rise. Targeted at decision-makers, city planners, and residents seeking transformative change along their coastlines, the report illuminate leading practices to inspire action.
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Title:
Adapting Coastal Cities and Territories to Sea Level Rise in the Mediterranean Region, Challenges and Best Practices
ID:
29403
Created:
25/06/2024 16:30
NWPInformationType:
Knowledge Resource
NWPDataSource:
Primary data collected through interviews of 43 regional experts and practitioners collected through interviews and from the workshop “Adapting coastal cities and territories to sea level rise in the Mediterranean” (March 2022) and secondary data from 70
NWPRelevantStakeholders:
All stakeholders involved in the adaptation of coastal territories including policymakers, researchers, representatives of civil society (NGOs, CSOs, local and indigenous communities) and the private sector, financial institutions and international donors.
NWPEffortsToAddressSOE:
NWPFocusonNElossesFlag:
Good practices and lessons learned:
NWPMandatesandFrameworks:
Focusing on the adaptation of coastal cities to sea level rise in the Mediterranean region, the publication’s mandate include: to compile knowledge and experiences; to identify levers and obstacles of adaptation regionally; to promote leading practices and encourage the exchange of experiences; to highlight ways of improvement for policy making. The frameworks to address sea level rise include (1) enlarged and strengthened regional and local cooperation (scientific, political); (2) implemented and adjusted current frameworks and conventions (ICZM, Barcelona Convention) to move towards (3) a dynamic adaptive policy (DAPP) of combined and phased responses through time and space; (4) allowing transformational changes among key industries such as tourism.
NWPTypeOfOrganization:
Civil society
NWPModalityApproachandMechanism:
NWPOutcome:
Increased awareness, capacity building through experience sharing and policy influence at local and international levels through the mobilisation of stakeholders and elected officials.
NWPPartner:
Ocean & Climate Platform
Scope of work:
Assessment; Other
NWPGeographicRegion:
Africa; Europe
NWPGeographicScope:
Local; National; Regional; Subregional; Transboundary
NWPOutputs:
Country:
NA / Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Morocco, Slovenia, Spain and Tunisia
Target group:
Academics and scientists; Policy makers; Practitioners
Modified:
25/06/2024 16:30
Modified By:
crmmocservices
NWPReferences:
MedECC. (2020). Climate and Environmental Change in the Mediterranean Basin – Current Situation and Risks for the Future.
First Mediterranean Assessment Report [Cramer, W., Guiot, J., Marini, K. (eds.)] Union for the Mediterranean, Plan Bleu, UNEP/MAP, Marseille, France, pp. 1-632 ISBN: 978-2-9577416-0-1, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7224821.
Adaptation element:
Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Climate observations; Climate scenarios; Communication and outreach/awareness; Education and training; Financial support; Impact assessment; Institutional arrangements; Knowledge management; Monitoring and evaluation/M&E; Science and research; Socio-economic data and information; Stakeholder involvement; Technology support; Vulnerability assessment
Adaptation sector/theme:
Coastal areas/zones; Ecosystem-based adaptation; Community-based adaptation; Disaster risk reduction; Infrastructure; Human settlements; Urban resilience; Tourism; Services
NWPUpdate:
Type of knowledge resource:
Scale of work:
NWPSlowOnsetEvents:
Created By:
crmmocservices
Description:
The report draws on elements discussed during the Sea’ties workshop “Adapting coastal cities to sea level rise in the Mediterranean region”, hosted virtually by the Ocean & Climate Platform with the support of Plan Bleu and the City of Marseille on April 26, 2022, as well as individual interviews with 40+ experts (mayors, local planners, scientists, representatives of environmental and maritime programmes, agencies, associations and networks) from Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Morocco, Slovenia, Spain and Tunisia. The report provides an overview of the main obstacles that coastal managers from the Mediterranean region face in adapting their cities. Accordingly, it addresses the issues of how to design sustainable adaptation strategies through a coordinated approach at the regional and local levels; how to articulate measures over time, particularly in the context of the transformation of key sectors such as tourism. Intended for policymakers, city and territorial planners, and residents willing to pursue transformational change on their coasts, the report highlights good practices through dedicated Boxes and Case-studies.
SourceItemID:
2528
NWPSecendaryEmail:
NWPPrimaryEmail:
NWPTypeOfKnowledge:
Technical document/report
NWPCountryItem:
Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Morocco, Slovenia, Spain, Tunisia, Egypt
NWPWeblink:
https://bit.ly/adapt-mediterranean-cities-slr
NWPRelevantWeblinks:
https://bit.ly/adapt-mediterranean-cities-slr;#Drawing on the outcomes of a workshop and individual interviews with 40+ experts across the Mediterranean region, the regional report offers an overview of current practices, obstacles and specific needs that must be addressed to implement adaptation strategies to address sea level rise. Targeted at decision-makers, city planners, and residents seeking transformative change along their coastlines, the report illuminate leading practices to inspire action.
Details
Title:
Adapting Coastal Cities and Territories to Sea Level Rise in Northern Europe: Challenges and Best Practices
ID:
29402
Created:
25/06/2024 16:30
NWPInformationType:
Knowledge Resource
NWPDataSource:
Primary data collected through interviews of 20 regional experts and practitioners collected through interviews and from the workshop “Adapting coastal cities and territories to sea level rise in Northern Europe” (November 2021) and secondary data from 60
NWPRelevantStakeholders:
all stakeholders involved in the adaptation of coastal territories including policymakers, researchers, representatives of civil society (NGOs, CSOs, local and indigenous communities) and the private sector, financial institutions and international donors.
NWPEffortsToAddressSOE:
NWPFocusonNElossesFlag:
Good practices and lessons learned:
NWPMandatesandFrameworks:
Focusing on the adaptation of coastal cities to sea level rise in Northern Europe, the publication’s mandate include: to compile knowledge and experiences; to identify levers and obstacles of adaptation regionally; to promote leading practices and encourage the exchange of experiences; to highlight ways of improvement for policy making. The frameworks to address sea level rise include a dynamic adaptive policy (DAPP) of combined and phased responses through time and space; substantive stakeholder engagement and informed participation; systemic and localised assessment and evaluation of risks, vulnerabilities and solutions.
NWPTypeOfOrganization:
Civil society
NWPModalityApproachandMechanism:
NWPOutcome:
Increased awareness, capacity building through experience sharing and policy influence at local and international levels through the mobilisation of stakeholders and elected officials.
NWPPartner:
Ocean & Climate Platform
Scope of work:
Assessment; Other
NWPGeographicRegion:
Europe
NWPGeographicScope:
Local; National; Regional; Subregional; Transboundary
NWPOutputs:
Country:
NA / Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom
Target group:
Academics and scientists; Policy makers; Practitioners
Modified:
25/06/2024 16:30
Modified By:
crmmocservices
NWPReferences:
Adaptation element:
Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Climate observations; Climate scenarios; Communication and outreach/awareness; Education and training; Impact assessment; Institutional arrangements; Knowledge management; Monitoring and evaluation/M&E; Science and research; Socio-economic data and information; Stakeholder involvement; Technology support; Vulnerability assessment
Adaptation sector/theme:
Coastal areas/zones; Ecosystem-based adaptation; Community-based adaptation; Infrastructure; Human settlements; Urban resilience; Services
NWPUpdate:
Type of knowledge resource:
Scale of work:
NWPSlowOnsetEvents:
Created By:
crmmocservices
Description:
This report draws on elements discussed during the Sea’ties Workshop “Adapting coastal cities to sea level rise in Northern Europe”, hosted virtually by the Ocean & Climate Platform on November 29, 2021, as well as individual interviews with 20+ experts (academics, practitioners, local planners, associations, martiime and environmental agencies etc.). It provides an overview of the current obstacles and needs to be addressed to implement adaptation strategies in Northern Europe, with a special focus on the availability of scientific knowledge, the implementation of hybrid and dynamic strategies and social engagement. Intended for policymakers, city and territorial planners, and residents willing to pursue transformational change on their coasts, the report shares good practices and knowledge among peers by shedding light on concrete initiatives.
SourceItemID:
2527
NWPSecendaryEmail:
NWPPrimaryEmail:
NWPTypeOfKnowledge:
Technical document/report
NWPCountryItem:
France, Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Belgium
NWPWeblink:
https://bit.ly/adapt-northern-european-cities-slr
NWPRelevantWeblinks:
https://bit.ly/adapt-northern-european-cities-slr;#Drawing on the outcomes of a workshop and individual interviews with 20+ experts across Northern Europe, the regional report offers an overview of current practices, obstacles and specific needs that must be addressed to implement adaptation strategies to address sea level rise. Targeted at decision-makers, city planners, and residents seeking transformative change along their coastlines, the report illuminate leading practices to inspire action.
Details
Title:
Scientific Synthesis: "Designing Coastal Adaptation Strategies to Tackle Sea Level Rise"
ID:
29401
Created:
25/06/2024 16:30
NWPInformationType:
Knowledge Resource
NWPDataSource:
Secondary data from over 118 references, including scientific literature and policy reports.
NWPRelevantStakeholders:
All stakeholders involved in the adaptation of coastal territories including policymakers, researchers, representatives of civil society (NGOs, CSOs, local and indigenous communities) and the private sector, financial institutions and international donors.
NWPEffortsToAddressSOE:
NWPFocusonNElossesFlag:
Good practices and lessons learned:
NWPMandatesandFrameworks:
Focusing on coastal adaptation to address sea level rise, the publication’s mandate include: the provision of a synthesis of scientific literature and an in-depth analysis of four archetypes of adaptation according to their governance modalities and degree of implementation complexity. The frameworks to address sea level rise include (1) hybrid approach and adaptation pathways (2) locally-based and driven strategies (3) social engagement (4) holistic and integrated science and governance.
NWPTypeOfOrganization:
Civil society
NWPModalityApproachandMechanism:
NWPOutcome:
Increased awareness, capacity building through experience sharing and policy influence at local and international levels through the mobilisation of stakeholders and elected officials.
NWPPartner:
Ocean & Climate Platform
Scope of work:
Assessment
NWPGeographicRegion:
NWPGeographicScope:
Global; Local; National; Regional
NWPOutputs:
Country:
Target group:
Academics and scientists; Policy makers; Practitioners
Modified:
25/06/2024 16:30
Modified By:
crmmocservices
NWPReferences:
Adaptation element:
Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Climate observations; Climate scenarios; Communication and outreach/awareness; Education and training; Impact assessment; Institutional arrangements; Knowledge management; Monitoring and evaluation/M&E; Science and research; Socio-economic data and information; Stakeholder involvement; Vulnerability assessment
Adaptation sector/theme:
Ecosystems; Coastal areas/zones; Community-based adaptation; Infrastructure; Human settlements; Urban resilience; Services
NWPUpdate:
Type of knowledge resource:
Scale of work:
NWPSlowOnsetEvents:
Created By:
crmmocservices
Description:
Faced with sea level rise and the intensification of extreme events, human populations living on the coasts are developing responses to address local situations. A synthesis of the literature on responses to coastal adaptation allows us to highlight different adaptation strategies. Here, we analyze these strategies according to the complexity of their implementation, both institutionally and technically. First, we distinguish two opposing paradigms – fighting against rising sea levels or adapting to new climatic conditions; and second, we observe the level of integrated management of the strategies. This typology allows a distinction between four archetypes with the most commonly associated governance modalities for each. We then underline the need for hybrid approaches and adaptation trajectories over time to take into account local socio-cultural, geographical, and climatic conditions as well as to integrate stakeholders in the design and implementation of responses. We show that dynamic and participatory policies can foster collective learning processes and enable the evolution of social values and behaviors. Finally, adaptation policies rely on knowledge and participatory engagement, multi-scalar governance, policy monitoring, and territorial solidarity. These conditions are especially relevant for densely populated areas that will be confronted with sea level rise, thus for coastal cities in particular.
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2526
NWPSecendaryEmail:
NWPPrimaryEmail:
NWPTypeOfKnowledge:
Scientific/peer reviewed publication
NWPCountryItem:
NWPWeblink:
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.740602/full
NWPRelevantWeblinks:
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.740602/full;#The publication ‘Designing Coastal Adaptation Strategies to Address Sea Level Rise’ is a synthesis of scientific literature that presents four archetypes of adaptation strategies for addressing sea level rise. These strategies are analyzed based on their governance modalities and the complexity of their implementation. This synthesis was co-authored by scientists from the RTPi-Sea’ties network, jointly led by the Ocean & Climate Platform (OCP) and CNRS, and it was published in the ‘Frontiers in Marine Science’ journal’s Ocean Solutions section in November 2021.
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Title:
Policy Recommendations for Coastal Cities to Adapt to Sea Level Rise
ID:
29400
Created:
21/06/2024 15:00
NWPInformationType:
Knowledge Resource
NWPDataSource:
Primary data from the inputs of 230 practitioners and scientists collected during 5 workshops organised in Northern Europe, the Mediterranean, North America, West Africa and the Pacific from 2021 to 2023. The recommendations were reviewed by 40 contributo
NWPRelevantStakeholders:
Policy makers, scientists, multilateral donors and banks, international financial institutions, philanthropies and private investors, CSOs and NGOs, representatives of the blue economy and the private sector, and all stakeholders engaged in the resilience of coastal cities and territories.
NWPEffortsToAddressSOE:
NWPFocusonNElossesFlag:
Good practices and lessons learned:
NWPMandatesandFrameworks:
The Policy recommendations are intended for global policy-makers to address coastal cities’ adaptation to sea level rise, focusing on 4 priority areas (1) on solutions: planning long-term adaptation responses tailored to the local context, (2) on social justice: prioritising social imperatives in adaptation policies, (3) on knowledge: developing new ways to generate and share operational knowledge on adaptation and (4) on finance: building a sustainable finance approach for coastal cities.
NWPTypeOfOrganization:
Civil society
NWPModalityApproachandMechanism:
NWPOutcome:
Accelerate, enhance and inform decision-making and action in favour of coastal resilience.
NWPPartner:
Ocean & Climate Platform
Scope of work:
Other
NWPGeographicRegion:
NWPGeographicScope:
Global; Local; National; Regional; Subregional; Transboundary
NWPOutputs:
Country:
NA
Target group:
Policy makers; Practitioners
Modified:
21/06/2024 15:00
Modified By:
crmmocservices
NWPReferences:
Adaptation element:
Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Climate observations; Climate scenarios; Communication and outreach/awareness; Education and training; Financial support; Impact assessment; Institutional arrangements; Knowledge management; Monitoring and evaluation/M&E; Science and research; Socio-economic data and information; Stakeholder involvement; Technology support; Vulnerability assessment
Adaptation sector/theme:
Coastal areas/zones; Ecosystem-based adaptation; Community-based adaptation; Adaptation finance; Infrastructure; Human settlements; Indigenous and traditional knowledge; Urban resilience; Services
NWPUpdate:
Type of knowledge resource:
Scale of work:
NWPSlowOnsetEvents:
Created By:
crmmocservices
Description:
Concluding four years of the Sea’ties initiative of the Ocean & Climate Platform, the “Policy Recommendations to Coastal Cities to Adapt to Sea Level Rise” draw upon the scientific expertise and on-the-ground experiences of over 230 practitioners convened in 5 regional workshops organised in Northern Europe, the Mediterranean, North America, West Africa, and the Pacific. Now supported by 80 organisations worldwide, the policy recommendations are intended to local, national, regional and international decision-makers, and focus on four priorities:
1. Planning long-term adaptation responses tailored to local context
2. Prioritising social imperatives in adaptation policies
3. Developing new ways to generate and share operational knowledge on adaptation
4. Building a sustainable finance approach for coastal cities
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2525
NWPSecendaryEmail:
NWPPrimaryEmail:
NWPTypeOfKnowledge:
Policy brief
NWPCountryItem:
Global
NWPWeblink:
https://bit.ly/recommendations_adapt_coastal_cities_SLR
NWPRelevantWeblinks:
https://bit.ly/recommendations_adapt_coastal_cities_SLR;#Concluding four years of the Sea’ties initiative, the “Policy Recommendations to Coastal Cities to Adapt to Sea Level Rise” draw upon the scientific expertise and on-the-ground experiences of over 230 practitioners convened in 5 regional workshops organised in Northern Europe, the Mediterranean, North America, West Africa, and the Pacific. Now supported by 80 organisations worldwide, the policy recommendations are intended to local, national, regional and international decision-makers, and focus on four priorities: solutions, social justice, knowledge and finance.
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Title:
INTEGRATION OF LEBANON'S LAND DEGRADATION NEUTRALITY (LDN) TARGETS WITHIN THE NATIONAL ACTION PROGRAM (NAP) TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION
ID:
29399
Created:
31/05/2024 13:30
NWPInformationType:
Case study
NWPDataSource:
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NWPFocusonNElossesFlag:
Good practices and lessons learned:
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The Official Voluntary Target Setting
On a voluntary basis, the Government of Lebanon has decided to adopt higher LDN Targets than
the minimum targets required to reach Land Degradation Neutrality by 2030. The Voluntary Targets were officially declared and adopted on July 10, 2017 in the Grand Serail. The event was chaired by MOA, representing the Prime Minister, in the presence of Mrs. Monique Barbut the Executive Secretary of the UNCCD, the Minister of Environment Mr. Tarek Khatib and the Minister of Energy and Water Mr. Cesar Abi-Khalil. The declaration of the Voluntary Targets was as follows:
Lebanon is committed to work on combating desertification and land degradation, through the implementation of sustainable land management practices and institutional and legislative measures in order to reach Land Degradation Neutrality by 2030, with national, regional and international partners. To that effect, Lebanon has set the following voluntary national LDN Targets:
1. Improve Land Productivity and Soil Organic Carbon stock, in forests, croplands and grasslands
2. Improve the mosaic of the landscape, Including forests, other wooded lands, grasslands and croplands and limit their conversion to other land covers
3. Enhance the role of forests and trees in urban and rural areas in providing sustainable products and services
Land Degradation Neutrality would only be achieved through its leveraging into political and
development processes, at the national level.
In line with the commitments of Lebanon in the framework of Climate Change and Conservation of Biological Diversity, and in line with 40 Million Trees Program, the Government of Lebanon is committed to combat desertification and land degradation and to reach a situation of Land Degradation Neutrality by 2030, through the following measures:
1. Restore forest landscapes through reforestation and afforestation on at least 10,000 hectares
2. Implement Sustainable Forest Management practices on all public forests, and promote the sustainable management of private forests, thus reducing the occurrence of forest fires and the conversion of forests into other land-uses
3. Restore and manage grasslands in high mountain areas on at least 1,000 hectares
4. Promote sustainable agricultural practices on at least 80,000 hectares
5. Enhance the sustainability of cities and towns through the development of urban and peri urban forestry and the implementation of agro-sylvo-pastoral practices
6. Leverage Land Degradation Neutrality into land-use planning
7. Leverage land Degradation Neutrality into sectorial policies and strategies
8. Develop financial incentives for the implementation of sustainable land management practices, in line with mitigation and adaptation strategles on climate change and conservation of biological diversity
9. Promote research on sustainable land management
10. Develop partnerships with local, national and international organizations for the promotion of sustainable land management practices and land degradation neutrality
NWPPartner:
Association for Forests, Development and Conservation
Scope of work:
NWPGeographicRegion:
Asia
NWPGeographicScope:
National
NWPOutputs:
Country:
Lebanon
Target group:
Academics and scientists; Communities; Policy makers
Modified:
31/05/2024 13:30
Modified By:
crmmocservices
NWPReferences:
Adaptation element:
Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Climate observations; Communication and outreach/awareness; Education and training; Impact assessment; Knowledge management; Monitoring and evaluation/M&E; Science and research; Socio-economic data and information; Stakeholder involvement; Vulnerability assessment
Adaptation sector/theme:
Agriculture; Food security; Ecosystems; Biodiversity; Ecosystem-based adaptation; Disaster risk reduction; Tourism
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Description:
The Government of Lebanon ratified the UNCCD in 1994 and produced the first National Action Program in 2003 that was not updated ever since. The update to the National Action Program (NAP) to combat desertification became a necessity to reflect the changes that occurred in Lebanon since the last action plan. The NAP is a comprehensive and integrated framework for addressing the physical, biological and socio-economic aspects of desertification, land degradation and drought (DLDD). In line with the Sustainable Development Goals, and mainly the Goal 15.3, and the related approach on Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN), the NAP goes beyond the 10-Years Strategy (2008-2018) of the UNCCD. The NAP process was developed along with the setting of LDN national voluntary targets and integrates the LDN targets as the core part of the action programme.
The NAP presents pertinent background information that highlight the resources at stake, the drivers that are causing land degradation and that would significantly deteriorate the country's
natural resources if sustainable management practices are not put in place. The main stakeholders that affect the sustainable management of natural resources are presented and their roles are briefly described.
The NAP document provides an overview of the agriculture, rangeland and forest sectors as they
are most pertinent to land degradation and are a source of sustenance for some of the country's
most vulnerable social groups. The current knowledge of the state of these sectors is described and the opportunities to mitigate land degradation are provided. Given the impact disasters have on land degradation processes, the country's ability to withstand disasters and risks is briefly outlined. The importance of the land degradation neutrality (LDN) process is fully acknowledged in this NAP. The assessment of the extent of degradation, the exposure of lands to degradation and the formulation of national voluntary targets should form cornerstone elements of national land management strategies in the years to come.
The Intergovernmental Working Group (IWG) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) defined LDN as "a state whereby the amount and quality of land resources, necessary to support ecosystem functions and services and enhance food security, remains stable or increases within specified temporal and spatial scales and ecosystems": In this
context, the specific objectives of this work were to:
1) Compile all relevant background information related to desertification and land degradation in Lebanon.
2) Assess baseline trends in landcover/land-use, land productivity, and soil organic carbon stocks using geo-processing tools.
3) Map exposure to land degradation.
4) Set national voluntary targets for land degradation neutrality and the national action program.
Using a tiered approach, the derivation of the indicator "trends in land degradation" was based on the synoptic utilization of trends in landcover/land-use Tier 1). trends in land productivity (Tier 2a),and trends in soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks (Tier 2b). Data collection for the inventory years 2000-2010 was conducted using satellite remote sensing for use in a Geographic Information System (GIS). In addition, the land productivity dynamics map and the soil map of Lebanon were extracted from global estimates of soil organic carbon stocks.
Losses in vegetative covers, namely in forests (i.e., 1,783 ha), grassland (i.e., 1,201 ha), and cropland (i.e., 2,257 ha) were assessed using a baseline year in 2000 and a target year 2010. More
specifically, the Kadaa of Sour experienced the highest loss in forest cover (i.e., 233 ha) followed
by Jbeil (i.e.,131 ha) and El Metn (i.e., 111 ha). Simultaneously, the Kadaa of Baalbek experienced
the highest loss in cropland (i.e., 632 ha) followed by west Bekaa (i.e., 296 ha) and Saida (i.e., 239
ha). The Kadaa of Baalbek experienced the highest loss in grassland (i.e., 192 ha) followed by Akkar (i.e., 129 ha) and Zahleh (i.e., 97 ha).
The total area of vegetation cover affected by declining productivity was 22,660 ha (i.e., 5,896 ha of forest, 13,855 ha of cropland, and 2,909 ha of grassland). Meanwhile, the total area of vegetation cover affected by increasing productivity was 105,311 ha (i.e., 40,986 ha of forest, 42,864 of cropland, and 21,461 of grassland).
The loss of soil organic carbon (SOC) between 2000 and 2010 was computed per landcover type.
Accordingly, a total of 117,464 tons were lost in cropland, 120,943 tons in forest, and 71,575 tons
in grassland. Five classes of exposure to land degradation, namely, very low, low, moderate, high, and very high were produced to represent the various ranges (in function of 20, 40%, 60%, and 80 percentiles) of values of total Net Primary Productivity (NPP) change between 2005 and 2014. Setting these fixed percentile thresholds for distinquishing among the different classes is expected to help in monitoring future geospatial changes and variations in exposure to land degradation. In this work, 39% of the Lebanese territory was classified as very high exposure to land degradation. The Kadaa of Baalbek comprised the largest area (i.e., 50,251 ha) with high exposure to land degradation followed by Sour (with an area of 28,552 ha) and Akkar (with an area of 25,717 ha), consecutively. Subsequently, by LDN assessment and measures comprised the reforestation/afforestation of 4,040 ha of public other lands (i.e., lands with little vegetation) using native tree species while working on forest law amendments and promoting economic incentives. Restoring a total area of 2,257 of abandoned agricultural land (currently classified as forest) and a total area of 1,201 ha of other land with little vegetation was also suggested.
Other targets included the need to 1) avoid further decline of forest through law amendments and provide economic incentives for improving a total area of 5,896 ha of forest showing declining productivity, 2) use a diverse set of less-intensive and environmentally taxing practices to improve a total area of 13,855 ha of cropland showing declining productivity, and 3) adopt land management practices to avoid overgrazing, frequent fires, and soil erosion over a minimum area of 2,909 ha showing declining productivity. Simultaneously, it was suggested to maintain current management practices on land showing increasing productivity while avoiding fire hazards especially on forest and grassland areas. At the same time, it is essential to introduce financial alternative options for the preventions of encroachment in the vegetation cover for maintaining increasing land productivity in forest, cropland, and grassland.
Finally, neutralizing the loss of soil organic carbon (i.e., 120,943 tons from forest, 117,464 tons from cropland, and 71,575 tons from grassland) requires the adoption of forest management practices (e.g., reduce fire frequency and severity, undertake forest management and harvesting plans, etc.), crop management (e.g. soil fertility enhancement, better rotation, erosion control, and irrigation), conservation tillage (e.g. reduced tillage, no-tillage), and pasture management (e.g. grazing management, introduction of legumes, sown pasture, etc.).
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NWPPrimaryEmail:
Sawsan@afdc.org.lb
NWPTypeOfKnowledge:
Technical document/report
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NWPWeblink:
afdc.org.lb
NWPRelevantWeblinks:
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Title:
IFC
ID:
29398
Created:
27/05/2024 15:30
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Tool
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Good practices and lessons learned:
The IFC methodology has served us as a powerful tool to launch projects with the primary objective of environmental protection and conservation, involving the indigenous communities residing in its area of influence. Our projects aimed to promote community development by addressing basic needs and preserving their quality of life and culture through building capacities and infrastructure.
During the years 2022 and 2023, we have worked directly with three communities in the Peruvian Amazon: Fray Pedro of the Matses Ethnicity located in the Department of Loreto on the border with Brazil, and the Native Communities of Sinchi Roca and Puerto Nuevo of the Kakataibo Ethnicity in the Ucayali region. These communities found themselves, after the pandemic, without financial resources and in a state of total neglect, lacking access to electricity, potable water, limited education, high malnutrition rates, and no direct access to the integrated health system.
NWPMandatesandFrameworks:
NWPTypeOfOrganization:
Private sector
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NWPOutcome:
NWPPartner:
Get Life S.A
Scope of work:
NWPGeographicRegion:
South America
NWPGeographicScope:
National
NWPOutputs:
Country:
Peru
Target group:
Communities
Modified:
27/05/2024 15:30
Modified By:
crmmocservices
NWPReferences:
The Infinite Forest Carbon (IFC) methodology is officially endorsed for scientific calculations (stored carbon) by the International Center for Leadership Training (CIFAL) Argentina of the United Nations Institute for Research and Training (UNITAR). The economic valuation is accredited for a fixed period of 30 years by the Embaixada do Clima, an observer member of the International Capital Market Association (ICMA).
Adaptation element:
Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Education and training
Adaptation sector/theme:
Biodiversity; Ecosystem-based adaptation; Community-based adaptation; Adaptation finance; Infrastructure; Indigenous and traditional knowledge
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Created By:
crmmocservices
Description:
Infinite Forest Carbon (IFC) methodology is a process that employs technical, statistical, and scientific assessments to quantify the carbon tonnage housed within primary forests. Following this evaluation, we issue financial instruments known as Patrimonial Titles. These titles, reflecting the assessed valuation, are subsequently introduced to the world's leading capital markets. Companies keen on contributing to the preservation of the Natural Capital and supporting the Indigenous Communities embedded within these ecosystems find opportunities for meaningful engagement through these instruments.
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2558
NWPSecendaryEmail:
ronald.soldevilla@getlifeperu.com
NWPPrimaryEmail:
ronald.soldevilla@getlifeperu.com
NWPTypeOfKnowledge:
Technical document/report
NWPCountryItem:
Peru
NWPWeblink:
https://getlifeperu.com/proyectos/
NWPRelevantWeblinks:
https://ifcstandard.org/;#https://getlifeperu.com/proyectos/
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Title:
Creating Resilience among Rural Communities: Communication Outreach and Climate Change
ID:
29397
Created:
27/05/2024 15:00
NWPInformationType:
Case study
NWPDataSource:
NWPRelevantStakeholders:
NWPEffortsToAddressSOE:
NWPFocusonNElossesFlag:
Good practices and lessons learned:
• The case study will help the climate experts and policy makers to understand how community outreach situates itself in the large realm of public and civic communications at local level.
• It will deepen the understating of the local community about the relationship between communication and civic engagement in local governance.
• The case study will help the community people to explore their information needs about climate change and will help them to develop a clear perception about climate change by using their considerable public trust to build local acceptance of climate change through small narratives.
NWPMandatesandFrameworks:
NWPTypeOfOrganization:
University/education/training organization
NWPModalityApproachandMechanism:
NWPOutcome:
This communication and outreach case study will help the climate activists, policy makers, community workers, development practitioners to extend their boundaries of knowledge and expertise to local village communities for public dissemination and welfare. Through this communication and outreach activity, the stakeholders may be able to connect people, connect communities and connect rural society by involving people to strengthen local development agencies, councils and bodies and thus will help to keep the local democracy alive.
Since community outreach has the potential to reach to the nearby communities quickly and in a cost-effective manner, there is a possibility to facilitate people to take informed decisions on water and climate change issues and local governance. The case study will help us to build trust and understanding to bring change in the mindset of the local communities.
Due to their proximity, communication outreach activities can play a crucial role in creating awareness, advocacy and policy change about climate variations and environment at micro level.
NWPPartner:
Central University of Himachal Pradesh
Scope of work:
NWPGeographicRegion:
Asia
NWPGeographicScope:
Local; National; Regional
NWPOutputs:
Country:
India
Target group:
Academics and scientists; Communities; Policy makers; Practitioners
Modified:
27/05/2024 15:00
Modified By:
crmmocservices
NWPReferences:
Adaptation element:
Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Climate observations; Communication and outreach/awareness; Stakeholder involvement
Adaptation sector/theme:
Ecosystems; Community-based adaptation
NWPUpdate:
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NWPSlowOnsetEvents:
Created By:
crmmocservices
Description:
The proposed communication and outreach case study will explore the relationship between local media and climate change with a focus on the information needs of rural communities. The case study in the form of small sensitization workshops and community outreach campaigns will help the local community to understand the impact of climate change on local ecologies. The communication and outreach case study will help the state and private development agencies and the opinion leaders of the local communities to expand their understanding and awareness of macro and micro ecological interventions in terms of economic stability, climate resilience and maintaining the local biodiversity. The communication and outreach activities can plan a significant role by acting as a source of awareness, advocacy and policy change.
The communication and outreach case study will ensure an active and engaged citizenry at local level. The discourse will be on exploring the expanded role of communication outreach in increasing the ability of local people of nearby communities to connect with one another, and to engage directly on advocacy and policy issues.
The case study will be centered on local rural communities and awareness and sensitization messages will be used to encourage citizen action through outreach campaigns on local climate issues.
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2496
NWPSecendaryEmail:
pradeepnair@cuhimachal.ac.in
NWPPrimaryEmail:
nairdevcom@hpcu.ac.in
NWPTypeOfKnowledge:
Technical document/report
NWPCountryItem:
NWPWeblink:
https://www.cuhimachal.ac.in
NWPRelevantWeblinks:
https://www.water-climate-coalition.org/activity/creating-resilience-among-rural-communities-communication-climate-change/;#https://www.water-climate-coalition.org/activity/creating-resilience-among-rural-communities-communication-climate-change/
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Title:
Central University of Himachal Pradesh
ID:
29396
Created:
24/05/2024 14:30
NWPInformationType:
NWP Partner profile
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NWPFocusonNElossesFlag:
Good practices and lessons learned:
NWPMandatesandFrameworks:
NWPTypeOfOrganization:
University/education/training organization
NWPModalityApproachandMechanism:
NWPOutcome:
NWPPartner:
Scope of work:
NWPGeographicRegion:
NWPGeographicScope:
Global; Local; National; Regional
NWPOutputs:
Country:
Target group:
Modified:
24/05/2024 14:30
Modified By:
crmmocservices
NWPReferences:
Adaptation element:
Capacity building; Communication and outreach/awareness; Education and training; Impact assessment; Science and research
Adaptation sector/theme:
Community-based adaptation; Ecosystem-based adaptation; Ecosystems; Human settlements; Indigenous and traditional knowledge; Urban resilience; Water resources
NWPUpdate:
Type of knowledge resource:
Scale of work:
NWPSlowOnsetEvents:
Created By:
crmmocservices
Description:
It was observed by the School of Journalism, Mass Communication and New Media that there is a difference in the frequency and coverage of the issue especially climate change and health and these differences are prevalent in the context of different regions. The differences are mainly in terms of policies, research and communication and it was observed a western dominance. The global western coverage is also ahead in the context of content of the coverage and media attention especially climate change media reporting is concerned. The important concerns here are the macro and micro-level interventions such the political and economic contexts of the region, the commitment of the governance for climate actions, policies and response strategies influencing the media attention and coverage of climate change both at national and regional level. The journalistic culture and access to scientific data resources plays a role and it was observed the coverage is less in the countries of Asian continent. Although, the journalists from Asian sub-continent paid more attention to development journalism especially reporting climate change policies, agendas, activities and events in comparison to global west. But, this difference also depends on how the national and regional geo-political contexts influence the themes and dimensions in coverage of climate change The association of the School of Journalism, Mass Communication and New Media with United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change will help us to focus on creating scientific literature focusing on regional information need and associated issues, especially in the Asian region. It is also a time to look into shifting the focus from denial and despair to action rather than on the solutions to social issues and ways to adapt to its effects in the way they were reported. We believe that there is a need for a larger connection in peoples’ minds and to share the voices and concerns of the marginalized, most vulnerable people who have contributed least to the problem but are suffering most from its impact. The challenge of access to information is two-fold: first, presents information valid in scientific scrutiny and second, it has to understand how and in what ways vulnerable communities adapt to the impacts of changes. I think that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Central University of Himachal Pradesh – School of Journalism, Mass Communication and New Media will play a role in empowering communities to make informed choices and to react timely to the ecological and social changes. I hope that in coming time the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is going to help the scientists, policy makers and civil society to have more insights on how information environment is shaped by the community power dynamics and its influence.
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Technical document/report
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NWPWeblink:
https://www.cuhimachal.ac.in/, https://www.cuhimachal.ac.in/
NWPRelevantWeblinks:
Details
Title:
Developing the evidence-base to support climate-smart decision making on MPAs
ID:
29394
Created:
21/05/2024 15:00
NWPInformationType:
Case study
NWPDataSource:
Partner
NWPRelevantStakeholders:
Marine environmental decision-makers/managers/regulators
NWPEffortsToAddressSOE:
Finding solutions to tackle climate change is a key priority for the UK and international community. The importance of improving the evidence base to inform climate smart decision-making is well documented in relevant UK and international policy. Therefore, this work focussed on building the evidence-base to support climate smart decision-making.’
NWPFocusonNElossesFlag:
The results of this work found that between 85-95% of the priortised MPA features had some level of risk to climate pressures, with the majority of the receptors correlating to more than one MPA feature type. Addressing this might involve decision making and action through effective management as MPA features may provide nature-based solutions that can help build ecosystem resilience and mitigate associated impacts. A case could therefore be made to consider such factors in the wider context of MPA management.”
Good practices and lessons learned:
Although UK MPAs have been designated primarily for the protection of biodiversity and not climate change mitigation and adaptation, understanding the extent to which blue carbon habitats are already protected within the existing UK MPA network has helped understand existing protection and potential gaps.
The climate profiles tested an approach for presenting the developing evidence base on climate pressures, feature sensitivity and climate change mitigation and adaptation services at a MPA site level. This work highlighted the complexity of assimilating and presenting climate pressure and sensitivity information at a site level in a way that is accessible to a wide range of stakeholders.
Although the evidence developed through these projects is mainly focused on UK MPAs, information on ecosystem services related to climate change mitigation and adaptation is transferable to other countries, as is information on habitat sensitivity and sediment carbon stores, where similar habitats occur. Methodologies developed for the assessments are also transferable to other countries.
NWPMandatesandFrameworks:
JNCC was commissioned by Defra to develop the evidence base around climate smart decision making in Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). The first phase of this work was a project analysing the role of MPAs and their protected features in mitigating the impacts of climate change. Working collaboratively with the Marine Biological Association (MBA), the project also assessed the sensitivity of MPA features themselves to the projected impacts associated with a changing climate. The project report is available on the JNCC Resource Hub: Developing the evidence-base to support climate-smart decision making on MPAs | JNCC Resource Hub or through the Defra website: Developing the evidence-base to support ‘climate smart’ decision-making in the marine environment: a focus on MPAs - MB0149 (defra.gov.uk). This work is supported by climate profile report cards for two study MPAs which are available on the JNCC Resource Hub: Climate Profile Report Cards: The Canyons MCZ and Studland Bay MCZ | JNCC Resource Hub.”
NWPTypeOfOrganization:
Civil society
NWPModalityApproachandMechanism:
NWPOutcome:
The study found that of the MPA features investigated, nine habitat types played a role in carbon sequestration. These habitat types included coastal vegetated habitats, such as saltmarsh and seagrass beds, and sedimentary habitats, such as subtidal mud and deep-sea mud. The project found that 43% of MPAs protect habitats that play a key role in coastal protection, and 29% protect habitats that trap and store carbon long-term.
JNCC developed methodologies to examine existing data for protected features of MPAs across the UK and presented statistics on the area extent of blue carbon habitats protected and not protected within MPAs. The study found that four blue carbon habitats have most of their known extents protected within MPAs (coastal saltmarsh and saline reedbeds, seagrass, kelp beds and littoral mud), but the majority of the known extent of three other important habitats (sublittoral mud, deep-sea mud, and maerl beds) are not protected within existing MPAs.
Evidence developed through this project was used to create climate profiles for two case study MPAs: The Canyons and Studland Bay Marine Conservation Zones. The climate profiles provide summary information about the MPA, information on its provision of climate change related ecosystem services, and information on the potential response of these features to climate change as a result of sensitivity assessments.
Future work priorities include developing the evidence base on the impacts of human activities on blue carbon stores and improving our understanding of the role of deep-sea marine ecosystems in supporting climate change mitigation. Marine monitoring survey programmes are evolving to include the collection of direct evidence on blue carbon stocks and fluxes on the UK seabed, which will be used to improve the accuracy of computer modelling. Moreover, early detection systems around the impact of climate change on marine biodiversity are being trialled.
NWPPartner:
Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Scope of work:
NWPGeographicRegion:
Europe
NWPGeographicScope:
National
NWPOutputs:
Country:
United Kingdom (UK)
Target group:
Academics and scientists; Policy makers; Practitioners
Modified:
23/05/2024 15:51
Modified By:
Mayara De Souza Soares da Silva
NWPReferences:
Adaptation element:
Adaptation planning and practices; Climate scenarios; Impact assessment; Science and research; Vulnerability assessment
Adaptation sector/theme:
Ecosystems; Biodiversity; Coastal areas/zones; Ecosystem-based adaptation
NWPUpdate:
Type of knowledge resource:
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Created By:
crmmocservices
Description:
In the UK a variety of evidence projects have been undertaken to improve our understanding of the role of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) as Nature-based Solutions in the face of a changing climate. This has involved:
(i) Understanding the role of marine biodiversity in supporting climate change adaptation and mitigation ;
(ii) Quantifying the protection of blue carbon habitats within the existing MPA network ;
(iii) Understanding how MPA protected features may be impacted by climate change; and
(iv) Establishing the relative importance of areas of the English seabed for blue carbon .
Understanding the role of marine biodiversity in supporting climate change adaptation and mitigation can help support management decisions. For example, habitats with a role in coastal protection could be managed in a way that ensures they retain those qualities and the condition which allows it to deliver this ecosystem service at optimal levels. Knowledge of where blue carbon habitats are protected within the existing MPA network could help inform place-based management decisions to ensure carbon stays locked up within these habitats and damage and degradation of these habitats no longer contribute to carbon emissions. Understanding how MPA protected features may be impacted by climate change, such as sea-level rise or ocean warming, could help identify where elevated levels of management are needed to ensure there is resilience to these stressors within ecosystems. Finally, establishing the relative importance of areas of the English seabed for blue carbon will help better understand where these carbon stores are located and inform management of MPAs and appropriate implementation of wider management approaches across the wider marine system.
Our work focused on improving the understanding of the role of marine biodiversity in climate change mitigation and adaptation. The first step was to undertake a literature assessment to investigate the provision of two climate-related ecosystem services (carbon sequestration and coastal protection), by MPA protected features and developed statistics on the provision of these services by the MPA network within English inshore and offshore and Northern Irish offshore waters. The next step was to understand the extent to which blue carbon habitats are already protected within the existing UK MPA network.
An essential element in the planning of Climate Smart MPAs is to understand the extent to which MPA protected features may be impacted by the effects of climate change. The JNCC project considered how MPA features may respond to four pressures associated with climate change: ocean acidification, ocean warming, marine heatwaves and sea-level rise.
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Technical document/report
NWPCountryItem:
NWPWeblink:
Further information on this work is available on the JNCC website:
Climate Smart MPAs | JNCC - Adviser to Government on Nature Conservation
, with the project report available on the JNCC resource hub:
Developing the evidence-base to support climate-smart decision making on MPAs | JNCC Resource Hub
or through the Defra website:
Developing the evidence-base to support ‘climate smart’ decision-making in the marine environment: a focus on MPAs - MB0149 (defra.gov.uk)
;
A case study summary of the outcomes from this project is available on the International Partnership on MPAs, Biodiversity and Climate Change website
NWPRelevantWeblinks:
https://randd.defra.gov.uk/;#Statistics on the extent of blue carbon habitats to support MPA decision-making;#https://jncc.gov.uk/our-work/climate-smart-mpas/;#JNCC's work on Climate Smart MPAs;#https://hub.jncc.gov.uk/assets/55eabab3-72ea-4cec-97c4-5a9573ab9fa7;#Climate Profile Report Cards
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Title:
Understanding Agricultural Systems Vulnerability to Climate Change – the Case of Botswana in the Limpopo River Basin
ID:
29395
Created:
21/05/2024 15:30
NWPInformationType:
Case study
NWPDataSource:
UNFCCC; IWMI (International Water Management Institute); World Bank; Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation, and Tourism, Botswana ; National Climate Change Adaptation Framework
NWPRelevantStakeholders:
- UNFCCC
- IWMI
- Local government (Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation, and Tourism)
- Smallholder farmers
- NGOs and academic institutions
NWPEffortsToAddressSOE:
- Enhanced monitoring and prediction of climate variables (e.g., temperature, precipitation).
- Development of long-term adaptation strategies.
NWPFocusonNElossesFlag:
Emphasis on understanding and mitigating losses in agricultural productivity due to climate change.
Good practices and lessons learned:
Good practices specific to the research approach:
1. The continuous collaboration with a high-valued in-country partner, the IWMI, has been extremely valuable for redistributing the right resources and understanding the local context. Local stakeholder inclusion was indispensable for the research, analysis and outcome.
2. This project applied a transdisciplinary approach to assess vulnerability to climate change and identify measures from ecological and social dimensions. This methodology allowed synergistic collaboration and enabled transdisciplinary insights to be tailored to the needs of the specific stakeholders in question including smallholder farmers. This has been a unique approach to closing a LAKI knowledge gap.
3. The adopted research methodology allowed for consideration of vulnerable groups, that are increasingly marginalised, such as women who face further challenges as a result of climate change. The inclusion of considerations for women within agriculture in Botswana provided insights into the gendered differences experienced when it comes to accessing resources and information.
Good practices specific to research outcomes:
1. One thing the research team discovered early on, is that a knowledge gap can never truly be closed, but rather continuous work must be directed into enhancing it to understand how a subregion can enhance their adaptive capacity. Closing the knowledge gap is not a singular event, but rather an evolutionary process of researching, learning, collecting and implementing feedback, and reiterating. This work may be the first of its kind and has achieved its aim of enhancing knowledge on climate sensitivity in agroecological zones and in doing so has laid the groundwork for further research and engaged stakeholders to bring attention to major issues.
2. The concepts of sustainability and climate change are constructed and perceived differently across disciplines and extra-academic actors, and dimensions of society. Continuous engagement with diverse stakeholders, therefore, is key for future research projects and their implementation.
NWPMandatesandFrameworks:
- UNFCCC
- Paris Agreement
- Botswana’s National Adaptation Framework
- Nairobi Work Programme (NWP)
NWPTypeOfOrganization:
University/education/training organization
NWPModalityApproachandMechanism:
Transdisciplinary research integrating ecological and social dimensions.
Mixed-method approach combining quantitative and qualitative data.
NWPOutcome:
Overall, the results indicated that rain-fed agriculture is highly exposed to climate change, with physical factors such as water flow and crop yield sensitive to changes in key climatic variables including temperature and rainfall. In light of this climate variability, the sensitivity of ecological systems translates into high exposure for smallholder farmers who rely on rain-fed agriculture. Financial capital, technology, and education were identified as key contributors to improving adaptive capacity and reducing vulnerability amongst farmers in general, especially amongst female farmers.
Recommendations
The research culminated in a technical report and an executive summary featuring key recommendations on strengthening localised climate awareness, investment in climate research and information services, promotion of open data and information sharing, and mandatory and enhanced inclusion of women and girls in decision-making through appropriate strategies as we have identified in our key recommendations:
1. Localised climate awareness. Relevant ministries and stakeholders should promote campaigns and workshops for farmers communicated in Setswana, English, and Kalanga (with more languages to be added) to inform the farming community about transitioning to more climate-resilient practices. Inclusivity should be ensured by involving all relevant stakeholders such as men, women, the elderly, and youth in the consultation and implementation processes.
2. Investment in climate research and information services. This includes expanding existing infrastructure (i.e., regional weather stations) and personnel training on monitoring monthly rainfall, temperature, climate resilient crops and consecutive wet and dry days at regional and national scales and subsequent translation to actionable knowledge accessible by farmers. Example: https://www.seacrifog.eu/seacrifog-tool
3. Open-source data portal for farmers. To be facilitated by the government ensuring that local weather stations gather reliable data to provide farmers with up-to-date information (in English and local languages) to inform adaptation practices better.
4. Establishment of Botswana National Strategy for Women and Girls with action points for each sector, for example, establishing a gender quota in environmental decision-making at all levels beginning with greater (improved) women’s representation in farming groups and local committees.
5. Microfinancing e-platform, such as the WoFarming described in the final project report, would provide farmers with support systems, relevant knowledge, and access to funding mechanisms to aid in transforming existing farming practices. The microfinance platform would be initially set up by a small team and would incorporate development partners, county government and civil society.
Prototyping
To improve farmers’ adaptive capacity, we developed a prototype for a microfinancing e-platform dubbed WoFarming with the intention to operationalise it should relevant resources be identified. We aim to build a digital infrastructure connecting smallholder farmers with resources and financing for sustainable agriculture. For smallholder farmers, the platform will offer microfinancing opportunities that allow them to make the investments they need to support transforming agroecological practices. Special focus and priority will be given to women farmers due to the lack of representation within the farming community.
We also provide private sector companies and microfinance institutions (MFIs) the opportunity to invest in farmers and receive progress reports for their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) efforts. By bringing together different stakeholders within the agricultural value chain, we aim to create a mutually beneficial ecosystem that helps to promote the adoption of sustainable agriculture practices and increase adaptive capacity to climate change. Through our digital infrastructure, we can connect smallholder farmers with the resources and support they need to succeed. It also provides companies with a way to contribute to the sustainability of our food systems and has a positive impact as it relates to various SDGs.
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Challenge-Driven, Accessible, Research-based, and Mobile European University
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Assessment; Design of approaches; Data collection and management; Development of strategies; Development of national policies; Implementation; Investment; Stakeholder engagement; Communication and outreach
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Africa
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Local; National; Regional; Subregional; Transboundary
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Botswana
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Academics and scientists; Communities; Policy makers; Practitioners
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To all individual reports and final report: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1o3d-ZRXoMu7dlOhB0iEJUCj-5ZimR0kf?usp=sharing
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Capacity building; Climate observations; Climate scenarios; Communication and outreach/awareness; Education and training; Financial support; Impact assessment; Knowledge management; Monitoring and evaluation/M&E; Science and research; Socio-economic data and information; Stakeholder involvement; Vulnerability assessment
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Agriculture remains the backbone of many economies in Africa. With most of the population dependent on rainfed agriculture, the impacts of climate change are ravaging many agricultural systems on the continent - manifesting through among other phenomena, droughts and floods. In Botswana, the agriculture sector is the second-largest employer of the labour force (after the diamond industry), yet the country is prone to droughts given its location in the Kalahari Desert. It was against this background that Botswana was spotlighted to address contextualise a knowledge gap (lack of knowledge on the sensitivity of agroecological zones across the sub-region to historic and future climate change) identified through the Lima Adaptation Knowledge Initiative (LAKI) for the Southern Africa sub-region.
The project was undertaken by six graduate students from the Nairobi Work Programme (NWP) Partner, the Challenge-Driven, Accessible, Research-based, and Mobile European University (CHARM-EU), and guided by NWP partner – the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) based in Southern Africa.
Through a transdisciplinary and challenge-based learning approach, the students strove to elaborate on how knowledge of the vulnerability in agroecological zones in Botswana can be enhanced and leveraged to increase the adaptive capacity of communities in the Limpopo River Basin.
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GSS THINK
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At GSS THINK, we are unwaveringly committed to making a tangible impact in the realm of sustainability. Our dedication to climate action drives us to innovate and implement solutions that significantly reduce environmental impact, acknowledging the urgent need to address global warming. We stand firm in our commitment to developing Human Rights, ensuring that our operations and collaborations honor and uplift the dignity and equality of every individual. Our alignment with the United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals steers our strategies and actions, ensuring we contribute meaningfully to a more sustainable, just and prosperous world. We combine our powerful subject-matter expertise, unrivaled capabilities, tangible know-how, technology, and scale to support creating a better, more transformative sustainable finance and sustainability/climate risk strategy from day one. This is augmented by an ecosystem of best-of-breed partners that provide specialized expertise to organizations on initiatives relating to climate risk, regulatory standards, sustainable finance, and sustainable development. We have played a key role in the central banks and governments, as well as in the World Bank and financial institutions. We utilize our deep subject matter expertise in sustainable finance, ESG disclosures and compliance, climate law and diplomacy, green taxonomy, and climate risk to ensure the seamless integration of sustainable finance into the fabric of the global economy.
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1 Million for 1 Billion Foundation
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1. Mobilising youth from low income, government and elite schools of India to take joint action against climate change
2. The students are given climate related challenges to solve and mentored to scale up their projects
3. The participants have revived lakes, worked on water conservation, done advocacy around water, come up with documentary videos to fight climate change. Some are also working around projects of carbon sequestration
4. The teachers who have been doing incredible work around climate change are also awarded
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The University of Calabar Carbon Innovation center
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Principally centring on eco-friendly livelihood growth enhancement alternatively leveraging upon the Comparative advantages across the catchment communities,with regards to Natural Ecosystem Restoration, Regeneratively, Environmental Remediation of the Lost and Damaged Areas, Carbon sequestration,Decarbonization or NetZero Atmospheric Carbon initiative using indigenous peoples knowledge base understanding,Cleantech appliances, Energy Transition as it pertains to Curbing the menaces of Gas Flaring across the Niger-Delta region, South -South Geopolitical Zone of the Federal Republic of Nigeria hence the University of Calabar is within the Catchment arena.
Fostering Academics proponents for Accessibility, Affordability of Liquified Natural Gas LNG for Domestic consumption adequately and Export Development Economically.
Conservation and Protection of the already established threatened tropical rainforest in cross river state as a result of poverty infestation fantastically across.
A once upon a time renowned international center for Carbon sequestration or Carbon Credit scheme as previously declared by the UN apex organ,the United Nations Frame Work Convention on Climate Change UNFCCC Multilaterally as the regional pivot center for the Subsahara Africa.
With the amazing primatological endangered species of the Sliver back Coated Low Mountain Gorillas 轢 only found therein Destination Cross River from across the transatlantic.
Also in the likes of Afzelia Africana, Yellow, Red Apa and Bobinga, Mahogany, teakwood amongst the Group of the Most Expensive wood in the World.
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Title:
The Manhattan 2 Project
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29389
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24/04/2024 13:30
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24/04/2024 13:30
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We are a non-profit that does research on how to resolve climate change at the lowest cost. For our free climate plan visit www.APlanToSaveThePlanet.org/pdf. For free our climate strategy development kit visit www.APlanToSaveThePlanet.org/strategykit
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Moomken Organization for Awareness and Media
ID:
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Grassroots Climate Solutions: Community-Led Climate Adaptation in Targeted Libyan Municipalities
Background
Libya is a nation predominantly marked by arid and semi-arid terrains, experiencing exacerbated climate vulnerabilities due to ongoing challenges like political instability, economic downturns, and social inequalities. The intensifying climate crisis poses a multi-layered challenge to the country, including issues such as water scarcity, desertification, and increased frequency of extreme weather events.
SECCAR-Project Overview :
To address these challenges, the SECCAR (Sustainable Environmental and Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience) project has been initiated. This project aims to strengthen community and institutional resilience against climate impacts and social conflicts. In collaboration with key governmental bodies like the Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Water, and Ministry of Agriculture, SECCAR will engage an international expert company to conduct climate risk assessments and formulate adaptation plans, focusing primarily on water and agriculture sectors. This international cooperation will facilitate the establishment of specialized climate change units within these ministries and build their capacities.
Moomken's Involvement :
Moomken Organization for Awareness and Media is proposing to contribute specifically to Module Objective Indicator 4 and the associated outputs. The organization will focus on:
Facilitating the development of integrated adaptation strategies in three partner communities, ensuring at least 30% participation of women, to improve the resilience of local basic services and livelihoods.
Laying the foundations for community conflict and climate resilience concerning basic service delivery and livelihood conservation.
Employing participatory approaches, with a minimum 30% women involvement, to assess the vulnerability of basic services and livelihoods in three partner municipalities to local conflict and climate change impacts.
Establishing an exchange format for peer-to-peer learning among municipalities, addressing local adaptation to climate change and improving the resilience of local livelihoods and basic services.
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ACCESS Health International
ID:
29387
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23/04/2024 16:30
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crmmocservices
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Capacity building; Climate scenarios; Stakeholder involvement; Vulnerability assessment
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We design and implement health initiatives that tangibly improve health outcomes and the quality of care across the globe. We turn research into tangible healthcare improvements through unique partnerships with policymakers, private sector leaders, academia, and entrepreneurs. We conduct practical research to improve health systems and healthcare delivery and share best practices that can be adopted and adapted worldwide. we work on digital health, elder And long term care healthcare delivery systems, healthcare technology, maternal And child, universal health coverage through fintech solutions, and most recently we have begun work on climate impacts to health access under our global learning collaborative for health systems resilience- an initiative supported by the Rockefeller foundation that looks across the health system components in improving resilience.
Initiatives:
1. Assessing current climate policies in 4 climate vulnerable countries in South and Southeast Asia to review gaps and urgent needs to advocate for. Our framework builds on existing ones with the inclusion of Inclusion as an essential pillar.
2. Project COAST: a research and policy engagement project in Indonesia and SriLanka with two local partners that aims to understand the effects of heat stress and water scarcity in poor coastal communities and fisher communities, engage and inform policymakers on urgent needs to protect the health of these communities. The project focuses on women, children and elderly as particularly vulnerable. A recent proposal was submitted to the Wellcome Trust, and we are looking for alternate funding sources to carry out this work.
3. Vernacular architecture for improved health: consolidating South and Southeast Asian traditional knowledge on vernacular architecture that could provide sustainable, low-cost solutions to heat resilience in homes and healthcare services, particularly rural and primary healthcare centres.
4. Expert discussions: we conduct webinars and in-person events that bring together academics and experts in climate, health, disaster risk planning, indigenous groups and local governments to share their knowledge, solutions, challenges and inform areas that need urgent action. Please see the following links for videos of some of these events:
Webinar: Assessing Vulnerabilities in Marginalized Communities
Weathering Climate Change: Navigating Mental Health Impacts in Communities
GLC4HSR's Annual Conclave 2024: Adapting to Climate Change Operationalizing Health System Resilience
Other engagements include:
1. Informing UNICEF's closed-door regional climate agenda (2023)
2. Informing Connecting Climate Mind's Southeast Asia agenda (2023)
3. CISDI PHC Forum: two sessions on climate and health, one on community involvement in climate resilience and financing for climate and health.
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Risk-informed Early Action Partnership
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29386
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19/04/2024 16:30
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Launched at the UN Climate Action Summit in September 2019, the Risk-informed Early Action Partnership (REAP) brings together an unprecedented range of stakeholders across the climate, humanitarian and development communities with the aim of making 1 billion people safer from disasters by 2025. Despite the mounting impacts of climate change, one in three people are still not adequately covered by early warning systems, and early and anticipatory approaches - enabling action in advance of hazards striking - are not implemented at the scale required. Yet we know early warning and early action can save lives and assets worth at least ten times their cost. We create a space in which partners and aligned organizations use our ambitious targets to drive a systemic shift towards acting earlier to reduce the impacts of disasters, mobilize commitments and inspire action. We do not create a new funding mechanism or directly implement ground-level projects; however, we seek to enable coherence, alignment and complementarity of existing initiatives, while learning together what new initiatives are needed to make 1 billion people safer from disasters. Our partners agree that only by working together across sectoral silos and involving those at risk, can global ability to act ahead of climate extremes and disasters be strengthened.
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Portuguese Health and Environment Council
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The CPSA’s goals is to intervene in climate crisis and environmental degradation issues and its health impacts, advocate for reducing the sector’s environmental footprint, and empower the health system in facing the epidemiological challenges and unexpected events arising from climate change and environmental catastrophes. The CPSA advocates and supports actions that can reduce the impact of environmental changes, – such as reducing greenhouse gas emissions and pollution in general – water quality, food safety and loss of biodiversity. The Portuguese Council for Health and Environment subscribes to the One Health concept, understanding that human health is connected with environmental and animal health.
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LABORATORIO DE CLIMATOLOGIA - FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANA
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Capacity building; Climate observations; Climate scenarios; Communication and outreach/awareness; Education and training; Knowledge management; Monitoring and evaluation/M&E; Science and research; Vulnerability assessment
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Disaster risk reduction; Health; Human settlements; Indigenous and traditional knowledge; Urban resilience; Water resources
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. Studies and research concern climatology. . Research related climate extreme events. . Research related at local/urban and regional climate scale. . Risks, vulnerabilities and resilience of population in face of climate change impacts. . Climate Emergence - Coordenation of a Network with around 50 researchers in Paraná State, in liaison with public, private and thirth sector.
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University of Minnesota
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We're a leading groups of multi-disciplinary team renowned for our research and policy engagement on climate risk analysis, natural capital accounting, ecosystem service assessment, valuation, and mainstreaming into decision contexts, using GIS-based approaches, remote sensing techniques, and community-based science. Here is a project we have built globally to enhance natural capital analysis using our globally know suits of model - InVEST (Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs) models. We have proven records of working with local, national, and international organizations. We apply our tools in important decision-making contexts with influential partners, including the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Norwegian Pension Fund, the Chilean Central Bank, the UK HMS Treasury, OECD, and IUCN, among others. With these partners, we have estimated the macroeconomic impacts of changes in natural capital and ecosystem services, created better indicators of nature’s contributions to the economy including Gross Ecosystem Product (GEP), calculated more fully inclusive cost-benefit analysis of projects and policies, and assessed business's impacts and dependencies on nature. website - https://naturalcapitalproject.stanford.edu/software
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Kenya School of Government
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29381
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18/04/2024 15:30
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Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Climate observations; Climate scenarios; Communication and outreach/awareness; Education and training; Financial support; Impact assessment; Institutional arrangements; Knowledge management; Monitoring and evaluation/M&E; Science and research; Socio-economic data and information; Stakeholder involvement; Technology support; Vulnerability assessment
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Adaptation finance; Agriculture; Biodiversity; Coastal areas/zones; Community-based adaptation; Disaster risk reduction; Ecosystem-based adaptation; Ecosystems; Energy; Food security; Gender; Health; Indigenous and traditional knowledge; Infrastructure; Services; Tourism; Urban resilience; Water resources
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The Kenya School of Government (KSG) plays a crucial role in the national development agenda by focusing on capacity development programs for public servants. One of its initiatives is the establishment of the Centre for Environmental Governance and Climate Change, reflecting a commitment to addressing climate change adaptation challenges. Here's an overview of the climate change adaptation-related scope of work and activities of the KSG, including its involvement in the COP 28 Side Event on sustainable agriculture: Climate Change Adaptation & Mitigation Scope of Work: 1. Training Programs: The Centre for Environmental Governance and Climate Change aims to deliver training programs. These programs focus on enhancing knowledge, skills, competencies, and behavioral change in the field of environmental management. 2. Research: The center is actively involved in research activities related to climate change adaptation. This involves generating new knowledge and staying informed about cutting-edge research in the field. 3. Outreach and Consultancy: The center engages in outreach and consultancy services to contribute to the broader understanding and application of environmental governance and climate change adaptation measures. 4. Technical Support: Providing technical support is a key aspect of the center's role. This involves offering expertise and guidance to stakeholders involved in environmental management and climate change adaptation. COP 28 Side Event: "Cultivating Sustainability: Public Policy on Sustainable Agriculture – Smart Solutions and Innovations" The KSG is actively participating in COP 28 through a side event. The event focuses on sustainable agriculture, emphasizing smart solutions and innovations in public policy. The initiative integrates cutting-edge research, stakeholder engagement, and partnership development, showcasing the KSG's commitment to addressing environmental challenges through collaborative efforts. Overall Mandate and Functions: The KSG, as outlined in the KSG Act, has a mandate to drive the transformation of public service through capacity development programs. This includes training, consultancy, policy research, and advisory services. The establishment of specialized institutes and centers, including the Centre for Environmental Governance and Climate Change, reflects the KSG's commitment to addressing specific challenges, such as those related to climate change. The KSG fosters continuous learning, promotes a culture of excellence and integrity in the public service, and establishes linkages with national and international institutions to enhance its impact.
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Green Growth Asia Foundation
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29379
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18/04/2024 14:30
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Capacity building; Communication and outreach/awareness; Education and training; Financial support; Monitoring and evaluation/M&E; Science and research; Stakeholder involvement; Vulnerability assessment
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Agriculture; Biodiversity; Community-based adaptation; Energy; Food security; Water resources
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PATHWAY 1: EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GGAF believes that Environmental Education in Schools is the best way to create a generation of influential youth who live and advocate a green lifestyle that protects the Earth through their daily decisions on Individual Climate Action. We are the national operator for Eco-Schools and Eco-Campus Programmes developed by Foundation of Environmental Education driven to achieve targets set by UN Greening Education Partnership's 4 pillars supporting Malaysia's strategy for low-carbon schools. PATHWAY 2: GREEN & RESILIENT CITY DEVELOPMENT Cities must be transformed to promote and support a sustainable and green lifestyle for its inhabitants, be resilient in adapting to and mitigating the adverse effects of extreme climate change with new cutting edge technological approaches to design, planning, implementation and management. GGAF is the education partner in Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle's Green City Action Plans for 14 Malaysian cities targeted to bring the Eco-Schools Programme to 1000 schools. PATHWAY 3: GREEN LIVING FOR SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLES GGAF is advocating for people to be part of the solution in managing climate change, not be the victims. Communities are the nucleus to supporting its members to embrace green living and contribute to enhance quality of life through individual and collective climate action. GGAF is partnering with schools' Parent-Teachers Associations to expand the ripple effect of Eco-Schools Programme into homes, neighbourhoods and communities. PATHWAY 4: PARTNERSHIPS FOR SUSTAINABLE FUTURE All members in the fabric of society are partners, working together for the collective good. GGAF believes in solidifying partnerships that contribute towards our collective goals. GGAF is partnering with universities, state education departments, local councils, corporations to band together towards raising the profile of Climate Change, Environmental Stewardship, Individual Climate Action, Science and Data based knowledge to the general public beginning at youth in schools.
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https://www.greengrowthasia.org, https://www.greengrowthasia.org
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Green Girls Platform
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29378
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18/04/2024 14:30
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Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Communication and outreach/awareness; Education and training; Stakeholder involvement
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Agriculture; Biodiversity; Community-based adaptation; Disaster risk reduction; Food security; Gender
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Green Girls Platform is a female-led organization established to address challenges that women and girls are facing due to climate-induced disasters through capacity building, project implementation as well and policy advocacy. We empower women's engagement through involvement as climate negotiators and contribute positively to help achieve the country's needs and critical messages.
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IMPACT
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29377
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18/04/2024 14:00
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Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Knowledge management; Monitoring and evaluation/M&E; Socio-economic data and information; Stakeholder involvement; Vulnerability assessment
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Community-based adaptation; Disaster risk reduction; Ecosystem-based adaptation; Food security; Gender; Health; Human settlements; Infrastructure; Urban resilience; Water resources
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IMPACT INITIATIVES COMMITS TO INFORMING CLIMATE CHANGE RELATED RISKS FOR CRISIS-AFFECTED POPULATIONS AROUND THE WORLD Understanding the drivers of climate change and evaluating its impact in fragile contexts is critical to inform resilient sustainable development. Capitalizing on the increasing availability of information, IMPACT Initiatives supports both humanitarian and development agencies translate data to knowledge to : i) be better prepared before a crisis ii) respond in a climate and environmentally conscious manner iii) design long term solutions for climate mitigation and adaptation. IMPACT Initiatives, notably via its REACH, AGORA, and PANDA initiatives, is increasingly committing research efforts to inform the aid community on how to tackle climate risk. The objective? To identify evidence-based solutions that can be applied in fragile contexts to strengthen the resilience of communities. How? By conducting scientifically robust risk assessments, working with local actors to develop a better understanding of risk, and building local analytical and communication capacities.
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KAKAMEGA ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY BASED ORGANISATION
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29376
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18/04/2024 14:00
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Financial support; Science and research; Technology support
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Community-based adaptation
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USE OF MICROORGANIMS RELEVANT IN GOLD PROCESSING AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO MERCURY FOR LOCAL GOLD MINERS/TRAINING ON THE USE OF BORAX AS AN IMMEDIATE ALTERNATIVE
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Council for Scientifc and Industrial Research, Water Research Institute
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29375
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18/04/2024 14:00
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Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Climate scenarios; Communication and outreach/awareness; Education and training; Impact assessment; Institutional arrangements; Knowledge management; Science and research; Socio-economic data and information; Stakeholder involvement; Technology support
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Coastal areas/zones; Community-based adaptation; Disaster risk reduction; Ecosystem-based adaptation; Ecosystems; Food security; Gender; Health; Human settlements; Indigenous and traditional knowledge; Water resources
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The Water Research Institute (WRI) is one of the 13 institutes of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). WRI has a mandate to conduct research into water and related resources. WRI generates and provides scientific information, strategies and services toward the rational development, utilization and management of the water resources of Ghana in support of the socio–economic advancement of the country, especially in the agriculture, health, industry, energy, transportation, education and tourism sectors given climate change. The institute is also trying to develop a database to serve as the foundation for a two-way transmission of knowledge in which local communities play a pivotal role as stakeholders exchange knowledge and best practices to advance the understanding of water conservation practices around the globe. Where data collection is collected through individual interviews and focus groups (Harvard Analytical Gender Tool) and data collection would be complemented with participant observations. This approach would help to improve strategies that assure an inclusive, rights-based, gender equity, and integrated multiple-evidence approach to water management and governance for mitigation and adaptation. Other activities include Research activities of the Institute include: • Characterising low stream flows of rivers in Ghana • Integrated assessment of sediment in the river basins • Climate change and water resources management • Technology for modern rainwater harvesting for households and small communities • Protection works on coastal and shoreline erosion • Design of urban drainage and flood control systems • Exploitation of groundwater resources to meet domestic, agricultural and industrial water supply, among others.
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African Risk Capacity Limited
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29374
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18/04/2024 13:30
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Capacity building; Climate observations; Climate scenarios; Monitoring and evaluation/M&E; Stakeholder involvement
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Agriculture; Disaster risk reduction; Food security
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ARC provides ex-ante solutions to improve current responses to drought, food security emergencies and other natural catastrophes across the continent while building capacity within African Union Member States to manage catastrophe risks by directly linking funds to pre-defined contingency plans. The African Risk Capacity Limited (ARC Ltd.) is a financial affiliate of the African Risk Capacity (ARC) Group, a specialized agency of the African Union (AU), an initiative designed to improve current responses to climate-related food security emergencies. ARC Ltd. is a mutual insurance facility comprised of its members, which have included Kenya, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Mali, Malawi, the Gambia, Burkina Faso, Chad, Zimbabwe, Togo, Madagascar, and Zambia. The membership also includes its capital contributors who have provided premium subsidies, including USAID, FCDO, SDC, KFW/BMZ, IFAD, AFDB, WFP and STARTNETWORK. Fitch Ratings has upgraded African Risk Capacity (ARC) Limited’s outlook to stable with an Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) rating of 'A-' and a Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) of 'BBB+'. The upgrade is due to ARC Ltd.’s “strong progress in terms of meeting its development objectives, demonstrated by enhanced claim payouts to affected African sovereigns, product diversification and improving the reach of its development activities. Strong progress in product diversification initiatives and the improving franchise have also led to a higher company profile score of 'bbb'.” It is also ranked the top ESG insurance company in the world by Sustainalytics. ARC Ltd.’s specialization as a parametric insurance provider and its strong track record in claims payouts have boosted its company profile. The introduction last year of an outbreaks and epidemics product followed by a flood risk product this year have strengthened and diversified its portfolio. Because ARC's parametric insurance covers only part of the risk our Member States face, ARC extended its mandate in 2020 to support the development of micro and meso insurance schemes. It has expanded the customer base to include sub-national governments such as states, provinces and small and medium farmers through aggregators. Emphasis is placed on support for the formation of market solutions in partnership with local value chains. ARC Limited is a signatory to the Nairobi Declaration for Sustainable Insurance programme a UN-PSI initiative.
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Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and technology
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29373
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17/04/2024 16:00
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Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Climate observations; Climate scenarios; Communication and outreach/awareness; Education and training; Impact assessment; Institutional arrangements; Knowledge management; Monitoring and evaluation/M&E; Science and research; Socio-economic data and information; Stakeholder involvement; Vulnerability assessment
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Agriculture; Biodiversity; Community-based adaptation; Disaster risk reduction; Ecosystem-based adaptation; Ecosystems; Energy; Food security; Indigenous and traditional knowledge; Services; Urban resilience; Water resources
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Research and training
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https://www.jkuat.ac.ke/, https://www.jkuat.ac.ke/
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Cornell University
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29372
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17/04/2024 15:00
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Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Climate observations; Climate scenarios; Communication and outreach/awareness; Education and training; Impact assessment; Science and research; Socio-economic data and information; Stakeholder involvement
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Agriculture; Biodiversity; Coastal areas/zones; Community-based adaptation; Disaster risk reduction; Ecosystem-based adaptation; Ecosystems; Energy; Food security; Urban resilience; Water resources
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Breakthrough science can be adapted into real-world solutions to address the climate challenge during our most critical decade. Fueled by the collaborative spirit of Cornell’s faculty, The 2030 Project at Cornell University is helping to remove silos, activate research, and leverage existing expertise across all disciplines to find solutions to the crisis of climate change.
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https://climate.cornell.edu/, https://climate.cornell.edu/
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Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions
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29371
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17/04/2024 14:30
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Capacity building; Communication and outreach/awareness; Education and training; Impact assessment; Knowledge management; Science and research; Stakeholder involvement; Vulnerability assessment
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Over 300 million people around the world depend on the oceans for their livelihoods, and over three billion people rely on oceans for food security. But oceans are in an era of upheaval, propelled by climate change, overfishing, coastal development, pollution and other stresses. The Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions (COS) is creating the innovations needed to sustain ocean health in the face of these threats – translating insights from research into solutions at scale for oceans and people. Our work in the area of climate change ranges from assessing the risk that climate change poses to fisheries and aquaculture systems and their benefits to coastal communities, evaluating the impacts of adaptation options on nutrition and livelihoods, and offering pathways to integrate sustainable blue foods into national climate strategies. See for example: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-021-00368-9 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-marine-biological-association-of-the-united-kingdom/article/climate-change-impacts-on-the-coral-reefs-of-the-uk-overseas-territory-of-the-pitcairn-islands-resilience-and-adaptation-considerations/8DFDDF9890D091EC47139B9FEF0096BA https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05737-x
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Ramat Wildlife Society
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29370
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17/04/2024 14:00
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Capacity building; Climate observations; Climate scenarios; Communication and outreach/awareness; Education and training; Knowledge management; Stakeholder involvement; Vulnerability assessment
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Biodiversity; Community-based adaptation; Ecosystem-based adaptation; Ecosystems; Food security; Human settlements; Indigenous and traditional knowledge
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Ramat Wildlife Society is a grassroots association of community and private wildlife conservancies in Kajiado Central and West that fosters a model of community-based conservation. This is a large area in Southern Kenya that has had the least wildlife conservation investment even though it lies in between the famous Amboseli, Nairobi and Maasai Mara National Parks and conservation areas.
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Review and Comparative Assessment of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Frameworks DEVELOPING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MONITORING AND EVALUATING AND LEARNING FOR TARGET KNOWLEDGE USERS TO SCALE UP ADAPTATION ACTION IN COUNTRIES
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29328
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14/07/2022 11:16
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Civil society
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Wageningen University
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Africa; Asia; Caribbean and Central America; Europe; North America; Pacific/Oceania; South America
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Global; Local; National; Regional; Subregional
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Academics and scientists; Communities; Policy makers; Practitioners; Private sector
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16/10/2023 14:46
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Lilian Daphine Lunyolo
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The link to the full report will be available shortly.
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Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Climate observations; Climate scenarios; Communication and outreach/awareness; Education and training; Financial support; Institutional arrangements; Knowledge management; Monitoring and evaluation/M&E; Science and research; Stakeholder involvement
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Agriculture; Food security; Ecosystems; Biodiversity; Health; Ecosystem-based adaptation; Community-based adaptation; Infrastructure; Human settlements; Gender; Indigenous and traditional knowledge; Urban resilience; Services
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Motivation and context
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Robust monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) frameworks can play an essential role in increasing one's
adaptive capacity and resilience to climate change, by allowing organizations, policymakers, and practitioners
to assess and improve the effectiveness, efficiency, and equity of their climate change adaptation actions
regardless of the context and scale.
This project and report's specific purpose was to identify
relevant MEL frameworks, tools, and approaches that could be applied to systematically measure the impact
of knowledge products on the implementation and scaling up of adaptation in the context of the work of the
NWP.
Methodology
The research and writing team of this report adopted a stepwise approach and methodology that consisted
of four sequential steps:
a review of the existing literature,
soliciting inputs from experts through
interviews,
a comparative assessment of relevant MEL approaches, frameworks, and tools, and
formulating recommendations.
The insights from the literature review, expert interviews, and comparative
assessment were iteratively integrated in this report, initially discussed in different sections, to then be
combined to form the evidence base for the recommendations. The literature review consisted of both peer-reviewed
literature and gray literature – including, amongst others, reports and working papers from
governments, NGOs, and international organizations. Semi-structured interviews based off a standardized
questionnaire constructed by the research team were conducted with various experts engaging in the field of
MEL, who shared insights according to their knowledge and experience in applying specific MEL approaches
and tools to their work.
The comparative assessment, divided the approaches and applications found in the
literature review and expert interviews by shared features, resulting in three distinct overall approaches of
MEL to be compared. Relevant applications of each approach were then described and comparatively
assessed over a variety of criteria.
The three initial phases of the project culminated in a series of evidence-based
recommendations and MEL framework features that are highlighted and divided into 3 main subcategories.
Key findings
From the review of the literature, it emerged that there is no universally accepted definition of MEL in the
context of climate change adaptation. Key specific features such as indicators and criteria for assessment
differ according to the context, requirements, and objective of the different MEL frameworks, highlighting a
no ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach. However, some common features identified underscore the use, function and
importance of MEL frameworks, including integration of information across sectors, geographical scales, and
through time; community learning and capacity development; supporting governments in planning and
decision-making processes; and identifying investment priorities at different levels. Overall, across scales and
contexts, MEL systems are characterized by (1) the definition of the context of the MEL system; (2) the
identification of the content (i.e., adaptation intervention) to be monitored; (3) the design of the
operationalization process; and (4) the establishment of strategies to communicate the results, in line with
the purpose of the MEL system.
The comparative assessment of MEL approaches was articulated around three overall approaches
identified:
Outcome Mapping which focuses on the changes - in behavior, relationships, activities or
actions of the ‘boundary partners’;
Theory of Change/Theory of Action which helps to assess the
pathway through which action and change will be achieved; and
Co-Productive Approaches with MEL
framework embedded in an inclusive, collaborative and flexible process to improve the use and uptake of
knowledge, leading to action.
Some key features highlighted in the assessment included the scope each
MEL frameworks was applied within (local, regional, national and global scales), the diversity of boundary
partners, the diversity in types of indicators used across different contexts and levels, and the types
adaptive, flexible and iterative approaches used in each framework. Several challenges identified across
approaches and applications included achieving sufficient engagement of key stakeholders across scales
with respect to inclusivity, capacity, and depth of engagement (amongst other factors) in the design and
operationalization of these MELs; the availability and accessibility of consistent, reliable and action-oriented
data to knowledge partners; and contextualization (or lack thereof) of adaptation outcomes and impacts
following an intervention action or project. Additional challenges found within all three initial phases of this
project address additional issues with effective and efficient stakeholder engagement, issues in navigating
limited resources (such as time, data, financial, technical, and/or institutional capacity), the impact of
climate change uncertainty factors, the impact of and difficulty in establishing baselines and targets for
future projects and projections, challenges in assessing attribution, and effectively applying an MEL
framework that can operate over long time horizons.
Recommendations:
The recommendations of this report are divided into three main categories:
Methodological
Considerations,
Indicators and Criteria, and
Capacity Building and Institutional Context, all of which are
further supplemented by Appendix 05 which is comprised of a list of resources deemed to be relevant
references for the deployment and development of an operational MEL.
The Methodological
Considerations section is a series of recommendations on how to combine different approaches and
methodologies from the Theory of Change, Outcome Mapping, and Co-Productive MEL approaches for the
creation of an operational and specialized MEL framework for climate adaptation and knowledge uptake.
The primary recommendations of the Indicators and Criteria section revolve around the importance and
necessity of standardizing the operational definitions of key terms, concepts, and indicators across
programs and projects.
This includes the importance of including relevant climate indicators (such as
hydro-meteorological indicators) in projects revolving around climate adaptation or mitigation projects as a
factor for assessing the outputs, outcomes, and impacts under shifting baselines due to climate change
uncertainties.
The final recommendation section, Capacity Building and Institutional Context, highlights the
importance of designing and implementing a parallel structure within an MEL so as to assess both the
internal and external capacities of a project or program and the context (i.e., region, community,
institution, government) it is applied within to determine both the framework and project’s ability to
sustainably function and achieve set objectives. If the design of a project or program cannot be sustainably
supported or realized in the region, then that has implications for how successful and effective that project
and intervention may be. Both this section and the first include recommendations for the inclusion of and
amplification of stakeholders’ concerns, voices, and input.
The report is then concluded with a section discussing its report’s Limitations in the context of the course
framework, time frame, and resources available, followed by the bibliography and appendices.
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An Analysis of the Desertification/Land Degradation-Socioeconomic Nexus in Egypt's Delta Region
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Key beneficial practices and lessons include:
1. Collective action and capacity building are the most effective ways to combat climate change.
2. Integration with partners on the national and international levels, academics and scientists from inter-disciplinary fields: economics, agriculture, climate change and GIS have collaborated and produced a comprehensive picture that would not have been possible from one field of study.
3. Capacity building including mentoring, workshops and training helped to learn advanced research methods, as well as designing policies that can touch local communities and civil society closely.
4. Updating data and informing government entities that data dissemination is an essential element for development.
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A memo (in Arabic) was submitted to the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation highlighting the key project outcomes. The memo included an analysis of the ESI maps, a recommendation of crops to soil suitability, socio-economic policy action to improve communication between farmers and government entities as well as mapping ESI to socioeconomic characteristics of individuals on the district level.
The ESI maps indicated that most of the districts of Alexandria are unsuitable for farming owing to their proximity to the Mediterranean Sea, and the nature of the industrial activity located there. Recommended actions include modifying the region’s strategy, by converting it into fish farming (aquaculture) rather than agriculture. The results indicated that the highest degree of land degradation and desertification (>1.530: CAA3 (HSL)) is concentrated in the Beheira Governorate, specifically the Qattara Depression area and Wadi Al-Maghra (representing 46 percent) of the total area of the hinterland of the Beheira Governorate. Several suggested treatments are also proposed to reduce the impact of soil degradation and productivity in the long term.
On the other hand, a Vulnerability Assessment including a mapping of the socioeconomic status of individuals on the district level in both governorates to the environmental sensitivity index found that the areas most affected by land degradation have the lowest socioeconomic status. For instance, Dalangat is the most sensitive district to land degradation in Beheira, which is also characterized by relatively lower agricultural revenue, the lowest wealth index, as well as the lowest average years of schooling.
In Alexandria, the Mena El-Basal district is the most sensitive area to land degradation and is also characterized by the lowest wealth index, the lowest average years of schooling, a higher-than-average household size of approximately 6 people, and high population density, leading to high urban sprawl in that area.
Therefore, the proposed policy action would be designing customized interventions for the most affected areas and highly stressed on avoiding the “One Size fits all” approach.
A detailed elaboration of the project will be available as a journal paper to be updated here.
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The British University in Egypt
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Africa
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Local
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Egypt
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The Nile Delta is a main source of agricultural production for Egypt yet it is amongst the world’s most vulnerable areas to climate change. The region comprises 11 governorates including Beheira – one of Egypt’s largest Delta governorates, and Alexandria– Egypt’s largest coastal governorate and second-largest city. Beheira and Alexandria are facing risks including sea level rise, desertification and urban encroachment on agricultural lands all of which are impacting national agricultural production.
Hence, this research aimed at exploring the socioeconomic impacts of desertification/land degradation in Alexandria and Beheira and propose an actionable policy plan to support decision-making and subsequent implementation.
The research sought to address two knowledge gaps indentifed under the Lima Adaptation Knowledge Initiative (LAKI) — gaps (10 and 11) identified for the
North Africa sub-region
; (10): Insufficient information and knowledge about interconnections between desertification and socio-economic development, (11): Limited information and knowledge sharing on interlinkages with other sectors.
The following methodology was followed to accomplish the aim of the research:
Adopting the MEDALUS-GEE approach to calculate the Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI), a proxy for desertification/ land degradation.
The Ricardian Approach using the Seemingly Unrelated Regression (SUR) to examine the economic impacts of climate change on agricultural revenue (aggregated from the five main crops) on the governorate level.
Assessing the interlinkages between the desertification/ land degradation and socioeconomic development on the individual level through employing Principal Components Analysis (PCA) on the ESI sub-indices, then running Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) to regress the wealth index of individuals on land degradation, along with other explanatory variables.
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CLIMATE SMART AGRICULUTURE YOUTH NETWORK
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Climate Smart Youth Agriculture Network is program that works with women, local communities and students to attain sustainable agriculture. The student-Farmer out reach program enables the bottom up type of approach where the farmers give their views on sustainable Agriculture which is taken up for innovations. The local communities are reached out through focal persons and farm demonstrations done at the locality.
The universities Sustainable Development Goals dialogue which being carried out among university in Kenya has brought sharing ideas among youths on ways to faster attainment of SDGs and combating climate change
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Risk management theory and practice
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Africa; Asia; Caribbean and Central America; Europe; North America; Pacific/Oceania; Polar regions; South America
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Global
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Academics and scientists; Communities
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Risk management theory and practice
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USA
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.http://www.rmtap.com/
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Title:
Forest-based adaptation: transformational adaptation through forests and trees
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29360
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Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
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Forest-based adaptation is an ensemble of climate actions that employ forests and trees in support of climate change adaptation and resilience, including sustainable forest management, forest conservation and restoration, reforestation and afforestation. Forest-based adaptation can help address the gaps between current adaptation actions and the adaptation needed for reducing climate-related risks and impacts, while contributing to most of the Sustainable Development Goals and promoting strong synergies with mitigation.
This FAO technical paper unpacks the concept of forest-based adaptation and describes policy spheres that could bolster the role of forests and trees in providing adaptation and resilience benefits. It introduces a set of ten principles for using forests and trees to promote transformational adaptation, which were developed with leading experts from the Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) and other partners. It describes the policy implications of each principle and draws on examples from diverse forest ecosystems and management practices to illustrate their application in practice.
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Italy
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https://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/cc2886en
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https://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/cc2886en;#Publication
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Title:
Oceanic Global Foundation
ID:
29359
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30/03/2023 07:00
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Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Communication and outreach/awareness; Education and training; Financial support; Institutional arrangements; Socio-economic data and information; Stakeholder involvement
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Oceanic Global reminds us of humanity’s essential relationship to the ocean and guides us in restoring equilibrium to our blue planet. Our work is designed to deepen humanity’s connection to the ocean, and provide tangible solutions for resilience and rewilding of our blue planet. Collectively, our core programs blueprint for coexisting in harmony with our natural world. #CareDeeply | www.oceanic.global
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Title:
Institute for Land and Community Resilience, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria
ID:
29358
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Teaching
Research
Community Awareness
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WATER SECTOR TRUST FUND
ID:
29357
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30/03/2023 07:00
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Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Financial support; Monitoring and evaluation/M&E; Science and research; Stakeholder involvement; Technology support
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Water resources; Ecosystems; Biodiversity; Adaptation finance; Disaster risk reduction; Human settlements; Gender; Urban resilience
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Water Sector Trust Fund (Water Fund) is the Kenyan State Corporation under the Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation mandated to assist in financing water, sanitation and water resources management projects in the underserved and marginalized rural and urban areas. In the Water Act, 2016, the mandate of the Water Fund is to provide conditional and unconditional grants to Counties and to assist in financing the development of and management of water services in the marginalized and underserved areas . The Water Fund has developed five main mechanisms of financing and executing its operations as follows:
a) Rural Investment; support towards implementation of water supply and sanitation projects in underserved rural communities. The programme is implemented through water utilities serving rural areas.
b) Urban Investment; support towards water supply and sanitation projects for low-income urban areas. This programme is implemented through the Water Services Providers (WSPs).
c) Water Resources Climate Change Investment; gives support to communities to effectively conserve their catchments, manage and protect the water resources within their sub-catchments. The programme is implemented through Water Resources Users Associations (WRUAs); Community Forest Associations (CFAs) and Conservancies, International NGOs (INGOs) and Community Based Organizations (CBOs). Technical support to the beneficiary communities is given by partner institutions eg Kenya Forest Service (KFS), Water Resources Authority (WRA) and Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT).
d) Results-Based Financing: support towards water and sanitation projects in urban low-income areas, financed through loans from Kenyan commercial banks, which are then subsidized by Water Fund on achievement of agreed targets. The programme is financed through Water Services Providers (WSPs)
e) Research and Innovation Financing: support towards financing of research and innovation initiatives within the sector. The outputs of these initiatives are geared towards generation of new knowledge in the sector, provision of innovative, practical and cost-effective solutions in the realization of sustainable provision of water, sanitation and sewerage services in addition to water resources management as well as addressing gaps through collaborations and adaption of innovative models for better service delivery.
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Regenerative Society Foundation
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29356
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30/03/2023 07:00
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30/03/2023 07:00
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Capacity building; Climate scenarios; Communication and outreach/awareness; Education and training; Impact assessment; Knowledge management; Science and research; Stakeholder involvement
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Agriculture; Biodiversity; Community-based adaptation; Ecosystem-based adaptation; Ecosystems; Food security; Health; Heavy industry; Urban resilience
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The Regenerative Society Foundation is a participatory foundation made by and for companies, born to promote a new regenerative socio-economic model. RSF aims to accelerate the ecological transition by scaling up regenerative projects, creating and sharing knowledge about Regeneration, providing the private sector with impact evaluations, resources and problem solving. RSF mission is to promote the Regenerative model for businesses to accomplish the ecological transition. Its macro-objective for 2030 is to develop and institutionalize a regenerative model across its founding companies to be generalized outside, through actions in 4 main areas of intervention: 1. Reducing GHG and rebuilding the carbon stock in the earth and water biospheres 2. Preserving biodiversity 3. Developing circular materials and supply chains 4. Nurturing and targeting well-being while pursuing the double benefit - health and happiness. The focus is on European businesses. The goal is putting companies at the center: they are the main actors which, collectively, can reach the critical mass needed to trigger the change and, at the same time, improve the citizens' well-being. RSF provide companies with assistance, specifically through knowledge transfer (education, advisory & project mentorship), financing solutions and reporting, establishing strong public private partnerships.
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Title:
Catalogue of Ecosystem-based Adaptation measures in mountains
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International Union for Conservation of Nature
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Mountains are at the frontline of climate change, exacerbating existing vulnerabilities and socio-economic inequities for both mountain communities and those downstream. However, mountain communities have the capacity to adapt to these changes and mitigate the impacts of climate change. By utilizing the opportunities created by ecosystem services, mountain communities can build climate-resilience, resource security and consistent livelihoods. This publication presents and highlights the experiences using Nature-based Solutions (NbS) to build climate resilience in three mountain ranges: the Andes in South America, the Himalayas in Asia, and Mt. Elgon in East Africa. Its main objective is to provide practical information on these experiences to inform NbS practitioners, decision-makers, project designers and managers, researchers and local communities.
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Nepal, Bhutan, Peru, Colombia, Uganda, Kenya
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https://portals.iucn.org/library/node/50695
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Title:
United Nations Global Compact
ID:
29354
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Water resources; Biodiversity; Coastal areas/zones; Adaptation finance; Energy
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In the framework of Caring for Climate, a series of publications on adaptation and business were published between 2011 and 2015.
- Adapting for a Green Economy: Companies, Communities and Climate Change (2011) – Provides the business case for private sector adaptation.
- Business and Climate Change Adaptation: Toward Resilient Companies and Communities (2012) – Showcases 10 case examples.
- The Business Case for Responsible Corporate Adaptation: Strengthening Private Sector and Community Resilience (2015) - Outlines the benefits for businesses of implementing adaptation activities.
Water Resilience Coalition: The Water Resilience Coalition, founded in 2020, is an industry-driven, CEO-led coalition of the UN Global Compact’s CEO Water Mandate that aims to elevate global water stress to the top of the corporate agenda. 20 companies have joined the Coalition and signed a pledge towards three overarching 2050 commitments. The Coalition is a part of the Climate Champions’ Race to Resilience.
Ocean Work: The Ocean teams’ work also has many activities relating to adaptation notably through its Ocean Stewardship Coalition and its Safe Seaweed Coalition, but also its work on Marine Spatial planning, blue finance and nature-based solutions.
Adaptation and Resilience in Africa: Climate Adaptation and Resilience is one of the five thematic areas for new program development as a part of UN Global Compact’s new Africa Strategy. Adaptation is also one of the commitments included in the Africa Business Leaders Climate Statement of the UN Global Compact-convened Africa Business Leaders Coalition. In 2023, the coalition will be focusing on capacity building for the implementation of such commitments.
Adaptation partnerships: We are part of the SBTN Council, the TNFD Forum, and The WEF Adaptation community of purpose. We are aiming to follow the developments of their frameworks and amplify these efforts.
Just Transition and Adaptation Think Lab Brief: A Business Brief on Just Transition and Adaptation, written in collaboration with the Stockholm Environment Institute, was released at COP27 in the framework of our Think Lab on Just Transition.
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Title:
Promoting Synergies Between Climate Change Adaptation and Biodiversity - Through the National Adaptation Plan and National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan Processes
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29353
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03/03/2023 07:00
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Civil society
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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change secretariat
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Global
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Academics and scientists; Policy makers; Practitioners
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03/03/2023 07:00
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crmmocservices
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Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building
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Biodiversity
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This technical brief is a joint collaboration with the Nairobi work programme expert group on biodiversity and climate change adaptation and has been published as a supplement to the NAP technical guidelines. It targets country-level Convention on Biological Diversity and United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change focal points and technical staff of ministries who are engaged in the planning and implementation of NAPs and NBSAPs.
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https://unfccc.int/documents/619807
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https://unfccc.int/documents/619807;#Document link
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Title:
Promoting synergies between climate change adaptation and biodiversity through the NAP and NBSAP processes
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29352
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16/02/2023 07:54
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UN and affiliated organization
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NWPPartner:
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Changw
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Africa; Asia; Caribbean and Central America; Pacific/Oceania; Polar regions; South America
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Global
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Germany
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Academics and scientists; Communities; Policy makers; Practitioners; Private sector
Modified:
16/02/2023 07:54
Modified By:
Serkant Samurkas
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Adaptation planning and practices; Institutional arrangements
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Ecosystems; Biodiversity; Ecosystem-based adaptation
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Serkant Samurkas
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The UNFCCC knowledge-to-action hub, the Nairobi work programme, has collaborated with its expert group on biodiversity and climate change change adaptation to close a knowledge gap on biodiversity and climate change adaptation, identified through the development of a scoping paper.
The technical brief reviews the interconnections between biodiversity and climate change adaptation and explores the potential to foster synergies between the processes to formulate and implement NAPs and NBSAPs. This is underpinned by highlighting practical entry points and lessons learned from case study examples on effective coordination and joint implementation of climate change adaptation and biodiversity actions at the national level.
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sdierks@unfccc.int
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Policy brief
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https://unfccc.int/documents/619807
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https://unfccc.int/documents/619807;#https://unfccc.int/documents/619807;#https://unfccc.int/documents/619807;#Technical Paper
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Title:
Resilience Rating System : A Methodology for Building and Tracking Resilience to Climate Change
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29351
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16/02/2023 07:53
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Civil society
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World Bank
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Africa; Asia; Caribbean and Central America; Europe; North America; Pacific/Oceania; South America
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Local; National; Regional; Subregional
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Policy makers; Practitioners; Private sector
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16/02/2023 07:53
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Serkant Samurkas
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Monitoring and evaluation/M&E
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Agriculture; Food security; Water resources; Ecosystems; Biodiversity; Coastal areas/zones; Health; Disaster risk reduction; Energy; Infrastructure; Gender; Urban resilience; Services; Heavy industry
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Resilience is the capacity to prepare for disruptions, recover from shocks, and grow from a disruptive experience. The World Bank Group has developed a Resilience Rating System that provides guidance and specific criteria to assess resilience along two complementary dimensions. 1. Resilience of the project rates the confidence that expected investment outcomes will be achieved, based on whether a project has considered climate and disaster risks in its design, incorporated adaptation measures, and demonstrated economic viability despite climate risks. 2. Resilience through the project rates a project’s contribution to adaptive development pathways based on whether investments are targeted at increasing climate resilience in the broader community or sector. The objectives of the Resilience Rating System are to: (a) Better inform decision makers, investors, and other stakeholders on the resilience of projects and investments; (b) Create incentives for more widespread and effective climate adaptation through enhanced transparency and simpler disclosure; (c) Identify best practices to allow proven lessons on resilience to be scaled up across sectors and countries; (d) Guide project developers on the best ways to manage risk and improve the quality of projects, while allowing flexibility for different sectoral and country contexts. The resilience rating methodology, from C through to A+ in each dimension, can serve as a guide for institutions, public and private sector participants.
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https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/35039
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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35039;#a method to assess resilience performance of investments
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Title:
Forest-based adaptation: transformational adaptation through forests and trees
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29350
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01/02/2023 07:00
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Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
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Global
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Academics and scientists; Communities; Policy makers; Practitioners
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01/02/2023 07:00
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crmmocservices
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Adaptation planning and practices; Education and training; Knowledge management
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Ecosystems; Ecosystem-based adaptation
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Forest-based adaptation is an ensemble of climate actions that employ forests and trees in support of climate change adaptation and resilience, including sustainable forest management, forest conservation and restoration, reforestation and afforestation. Forest-based adaptation can help address the gaps between current adaptation actions and the adaptation needed for reducing climate-related risks and impacts, while contributing to most of the Sustainable Development Goals and promoting strong synergies with mitigation.
This FAO technical paper unpacks the concept of forest-based adaptation and describes policy spheres that could bolster the role of forests and trees in providing adaptation and resilience benefits. It introduces a set of ten principles for using forests and trees to promote transformational adaptation, which were developed with leading experts from the Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) and other partners. It describes the policy implications of each principle and draws on examples from diverse forest ecosystems and management practices to illustrate their application in practice.
One of the case studies (Case study 5) presents the use of the NWP Knowledge-to-action methodology to integrate forest and grasslands into adaptation strategies. This is being undertaken in collaboration with the NWP thematic expert group on biodiversity and climate change, representing 25 experts.
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https://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/cc2886en/
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https://www.fao.org/3/cc2886en/cc2886en.pdf;#Paper link
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Title:
Handbook System for the Design and Implementation of EbA
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29349
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01/02/2023 07:00
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International Union for Conservation of Nature
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Africa; Asia; South America
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Local; National; Regional; Subregional; Transboundary
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Academics and scientists; Communities; Policy makers; Practitioners
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01/02/2023 07:00
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crmmocservices
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Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Communication and outreach/awareness; Monitoring and evaluation/M&E; Vulnerability assessment
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Ecosystems; Ecosystem-based adaptation
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This handbook system was created to guide the process of designing, setting up, implementing, monitoring, and up-scaling EbA interventions under the global Programme “Scaling Up Mountain Ecosystem-Based Adaptation: building evidence, replicating success, and informing policy”, supported by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), Germany, and jointly implemented by IUCN from 2021 to 2022 and The Mountain Institute from 2017 to 2019. The contents of this handbook were applied by country teams of the Programme to take stock, generate learnings and replicate and consolidate what was implemented in the previous Flagship Programme (from 2012 to 2016), demonstrating its use is highly valuable at the outset of projects. The utilization of the handbook system for implementation has been adapted into this publication with the aim to share these materials and methodology with the larger EbA community. This document takes the EbA practitioner through the 7 stages of the EbA cycle, from selecting suitable sites for EbA interventions to supporting the process of mainstreaming EbA. Each stage is summarized and supported by resources and forms. The Forms
help with recording information in a systematic manner, helping with decision making processes and ensuring consistency and comparability for particular aspects of EbA across interventions in different project sites.
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https://www.iucn.org/sites/default/files/2022-11/handbook_system_mountains_final_04112022_high_1.pdf
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https://www.iucn.org/our-work/topic/ecosystem-based-adaptation/scaling-mountain-eba;#Web link to Handbook (bottom of page);#https://www.iucn.org/sites/default/files/2022-11/handbook_system_mountains_final_04112022_high_1.pdf;#PDF Link
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Title:
360° Resilience : A Guide to Prepare the Caribbean for a New Generation of Shocks
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29348
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01/02/2023 07:00
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Civil society
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The assessment and recommendations are used to identify priority actions and integrate climate policy development, planning, budget allocation to support development and whole-of-society resilience.
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World Bank
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Caribbean and Central America
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National
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Policy makers; Practitioners
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01/02/2023 07:00
Modified By:
crmmocservices
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Adaptation planning and practices; Institutional arrangements; Monitoring and evaluation/M&E; Stakeholder involvement; Vulnerability assessment
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Agriculture; Food security; Water resources; Ecosystems; Biodiversity; Coastal areas/zones; Health; Ecosystem-based adaptation; Disaster risk reduction; Infrastructure; Gender; Urban resilience; Tourism; Services
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Caribbean countries, a set of mostly Small Island Developing States (SIDS), have a history of dealing with large shocks. The region is threatened by both economic and natural hazards. Nations have specialized in tourism and commodity exports, disproportionately exposing them to global economic cycles through changes in tourism demand and commodity prices. They are also located in a region that is highly exposed to a range of natural hazards, from volcanic eruptions to earthquakes and hurricanes, which damage their infrastructure stock, reduce tourism demand, and destroy agricultural production. Hazards have often caused severe damage to economies and livelihoods in the region. This report reviews existing assessments of past losses from natural and economic shocks in the Caribbean, looking at impacts on physical capital, private sector activity (especially tourism and agriculture), economic growth, poverty, and well-being. It concludes that, despite the damage to physical capital experienced by countries due to natural hazards (especially in housing and transport infrastructure), the impacts on growth are short-lived, possibly because many mechanisms are in place to help economies bounce back rapidly. However, natural hazards have a high impact on poverty and human capital and threaten the sustainability of economic growth.
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https://www.worldbank.org/en/events/2021/11/05/360-resilience-a-guide-to-prepare-the-caribbean-for-a-new-generation-of-shocks
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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36405;#Adaptation and resilience preparedness diagnostic in the Caribbean countries
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Title:
Adaptation Principles: A Guide for Designing Strategies for Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience
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29347
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01/02/2023 07:00
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Civil society
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NWPPartner:
World Bank
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Africa; Asia; Caribbean and Central America; Europe; North America; Pacific/Oceania; South America
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National
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Policy makers; Practitioners
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01/02/2023 07:00
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crmmocservices
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Adaptation planning and practices; Institutional arrangements; Monitoring and evaluation/M&E
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Agriculture; Food security; Water resources; Ecosystems; Biodiversity; Coastal areas/zones; Health; Adaptation finance; Disaster risk reduction; Infrastructure; Gender; Urban resilience; Services
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Effective action on resilience and climate change adaptation requires coordinated efforts from the highest levels of government to individual households and firms. The Adaptation Principles offer a guide to effective climate change adaptation, containing hands-on guidance to the design, implementation and monitoring of national adaptation strategies. It specifies six guiding principles, which correspond to common policy domains:
1) Ensuring resilient foundations through rapid and inclusive development;
2) Facilitating the adaptation of firms and people;
3) Adapting land use and protecting critical public assets and services;
4) Increasing people’s capacity to cope with and recover from shocks;
5) Anticipating and managing macroeconomic and fiscal risks;
6) Ensuring effective implementation through prioritization and continuous monitoring.
While outlining these universal Adaptation Principles, this guide shows that each country needs to tailor these actions to its specific needs and priorities. To guide this process, Adaptation Principles offers concrete and practical tools: Screening questions to identify the most urgent and effective actions, toolboxes illustrating common datasets and methodologies to support decisions, indicators to monitor and evaluate progress, and case studies on how the COVID-19 pandemic influences priorities in taking effective adaptation action.
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any country
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https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/34780
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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34780;#country adaptation and resilience diagnostic tool
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Global Mangrove Watch platform
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29343
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01/11/2022 07:00
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Civil society
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Wetlands International
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Africa; Asia; Caribbean and Central America; Pacific/Oceania; South America
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Global
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Academics and scientists; Policy makers; Practitioners
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24/01/2023 09:20
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Stefan Dierks
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To see the raw data click here
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666017221000055
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Adaptation planning and practices; Communication and outreach/awareness; Monitoring and evaluation/M&E; Science and research; Technology support
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Ecosystems; Biodiversity; Coastal areas/zones; Ecosystem-based adaptation; Disaster risk reduction
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The GMW platform uses JAXA’s ALOS data, USGS LandSat data, and ESA’s Sentinel-2 data along with local expertise to track the relative gain and loss of mangroves across the planet. It is the only platform of its kind which accurately maps not only loss and gains in mangroves globally, but also which mangroves are protected, how much carbon they can store in both aboveground biomass and mangrove soil, and presents this information in a way that is relevant for policy. It is free for anyone to use.
The latest data is featured in the second edition of the State of the World’s Mangroves report which shows that:
- The trend from 1996 to 2020 is a net decline of 5,245 km2 in mangrove extent, globally. There has been a reduction of 3.4% of our planet’s mangroves since 1996, with the biggest loss occurring in Asia (2813 km2 or 4.6%), Africa (648 km2 or 2.2%) and the Pacific (524 km2 or 3.1%).
- The most common cause of mangrove loss is clearance and conversion to farmland, agriculture, and/ or urbanization
8,183 km2 of mangroves are considered restorable, of which 2,000km2 are in Indonesia.
- Full restoration of the entire 8,183km2 could result in an additional 50 billion commercial marine species and benefit the countless communities that rely on fishing for their livelihoods.
- Restoration of losses since 1996 could safeguard carbon in soil and aboveground biomass equivalent to 1.27gigatons of CO2.
The determination to safeguard mangroves is growing at all levels from international to local. With this new update, Global Mangrove Watch provides an accurate regional and national mangrove baseline for encouraging and supporting the development of policies and management plans for the sustainable use and restoration of mangroves.
The platform is being continually updated with new datasets and several tools will soon be launched to support policy development and tracking of restoration progress and success.
Lammert Hilarides, Senior Technical Officer at Wetlands International said:
“When we see the other mapping tools, for everything from tree cover to fishing, and we consider the incredible value mangroves have in building resilience to climate change, creating a platform that accurately tells the global story of mangroves is a no-brainer. The global mangrove watch platform is the combined effort of space agencies, scientific institutions, companies, NGO’s and their local partners which recognizes that while space may be the final frontier, our planet is still our only home and mangroves play a significant role in ensuring the longevity of life on Earth.”
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Global platform
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www.globalmangrovewatch.org
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https://www.mangrovealliance.org/;#Global Mangrove Watch is an online global platform that provides access to a variety of datasets detailing mangrove values, threats and opportunities for conservation and restoration.
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Title:
Department of Geography, Ohio University
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29346
Created:
14/01/2023 07:01
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14/01/2023 07:01
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crmmocservices
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Adaptation planning and practices; Education and training; Impact assessment; Institutional arrangements; Science and research; Vulnerability assessment
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Agriculture; Community-based adaptation; Disaster risk reduction; Ecosystem-based adaptation; Food security; Gender
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The Department of Geography at Ohio University is a research-intensive graduate program (MS and MA) that provides an extensive curriculum and research opportunities related to climate change adaptation around the world. Students from around the world and the US undertake field-based research examining adaptation challenges related to institutional, agrarian, and cultural change. Recent students have pursued a range of adaptation related projects in the recent past: - institutional mapping of adaptation actors in the Gambia - assessment of social vulnerability and flood risk in Brazil - innovation in adaptive agriculture in Northern Ghana - changing fuelwood economies in rural Tanzania - gendered access to resources for adaptation in Tanzania - community mapping and assessment of water resource management through an adaptation lens We believe that our current and future research could make a contribution filling gaps and needs related to NAPS in a variety of countries, particularly in Ghana, the Gambia, Tanzania and Kenya. We would welcome the opportunity to draw on feedback from this initiative to refine the focus and planned outcomes of research in ways that can contribute to the NAPS process. Many of our students return to their home countries to provide important scientific, civil society and policy leadership related to climate change adaptation challenges. Their engagement with NAPS research needs from the outset of their graduate programs would better prepare them for making substantive contributions in research and practice.
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https://www.ohio.edu/cas/geography, https://www.ohio.edu/cas/geography
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Title:
Transformational Adaptation in the Context of Coastal Cities
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29345
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08/12/2022 07:01
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University/education/training organization
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NWPPartner:
Northeastern University
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Africa; Asia; Caribbean and Central America; Europe; North America; Pacific/Oceania; South America
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Global; Local; National; Regional; Subregional; Transboundary
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Country:
United States of America
Target group:
Academics and scientists; Policy makers
Modified:
08/12/2022 07:01
Modified By:
crmmocservices
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Adaptation planning and practices; Knowledge management; Monitoring and evaluation/M&E; Science and research; Vulnerability assessment
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Coastal areas/zones; Adaptation finance; Disaster risk reduction; Infrastructure; Urban resilience
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Coastal settlements, home to more than three billion people and growing rapidly, are highly vulnerable to climate change. Increasingly, there are calls for climate adaptation that goes beyond business-as-usual approaches, transforms socioeconomic systems, and addressformational adaptation, as well as practitioner frameworks and case studies of urban coastal adaptation. The article discusses specific challenges for transformational adaptation and its governance in coastal cities. In doing so, this review cones underlying drivers of
vulnerability. Although calls for transformational adaptation are
growing, greater clarity is needed on what transformation means in
context in order to bridge the gap between theory and practice. This
article reviews the theoretical literature on transtributes to the growing debate about operationalizing the concept of transformational adaptation in the context of coastal cities and offers insights to ensure that transformation processes are inclusive and equitable.
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l.kuhl@northeastern.edu
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Scientific/peer reviewed publication
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United States
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https://cssh.northeastern.edu/policyschool/
https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-environ-012420-045211
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https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-environ-012420-045211;#This is an open access publication
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Title:
Economics of Climate Adaptation
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29342
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01/10/2022 07:00
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ECA has been applied in more than 30 countries world wide. The framework as it, as been extensively used and further developed in San Salvador, Honduras, Ethiopia and Vietnam in close collaboration with local and international stakeholders.
Why should I use ECA?
LONG-TERM INVESTMENT PLANING
ECA allows extension of investment portfolios, e.g. in a given country or sector. Depending on the volume of the investment, a detailed study for CCA measures might be meaningful.
NAPs DEVELOPMENT
Numerous governments are looking into developing their National Adaptation Plans (NAPs). ECA supports countries in formulating detailed NAPs and assists in decision-making processes for further implementation. The level of detail depends on the volume of the project and the prospect of an investment in CCA measures.
RISK TRANSFER
In some cases, governments or businesses might be interested in completing already existing CCA measures and looking into potential for risk transfer for low-frequency hazards.
STRATEGIC PLANING
ECA provides a prospective assessment of measures that are best adapted to certain conditions in a well-determined area. The level of detail can be high locally or moderate when going beyond the country level.
PRE_FEASIBILITY
ECA provides a prospective CCA assessment in order to identify efficient measures and areas most at risk. This approach is embedded in an iterative assessment prospect if deemed meaningful.
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Civil society
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United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security
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Africa; Asia; Caribbean and Central America; South America
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Local; National; Regional; Subregional; Transboundary
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Academics and scientists; Communities; Policy makers; Practitioners; Private sector
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05/12/2022 14:12
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Stefan Dierks
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General Information in ECA:
https://ehs.unu.edu/news/news/economics-of-climate-adaptation-eca-the-tool-to-support-countries-and-communities-to-develop-more-ambitious-climate-adaptation-and-mitigation-plans.html
Press release about ECA in Honduras:
https://reliefweb.int/report/honduras/eca-studies-pave-way-combating-flooding-honduras
https://reliefweb.int/report/honduras/honduras-etiop-y-vietnam-hacen-frente-al-cambio-clim-tico-con-la-ayuda-de-la (in Spanish)
Infographics on ECA:
https://i.unu.edu/media/ehs.unu.edu/attachment/23351/ECA_infographic_LOGO.png
Adaptation element:
Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Climate scenarios; Communication and outreach/awareness; Financial support; Impact assessment; Science and research; Socio-economic data and information; Stakeholder involvement; Technology support; Vulnerability assessment
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Water resources; Ecosystem-based adaptation; Community-based adaptation; Adaptation finance; Disaster risk reduction; Urban resilience
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What is the Economics of Climate Adaptation (ECA)?
The approach taken under the Economics of Climate Adaptation (ECA) framework provides decision makers with information about potential climate-related damage to their environment, economies and societies. It can foster comprehensive adaptation strategies by analysing and proposing a variety of specific adaptation measures in a systematic way. Well targeted, early investments to improve climate resilience are likely to be less cost intensive and more effective than complex post-disaster relief efforts, both locally and on an aggregated global scale.
ECA addresses the following key questions to develop an effective climate adaptation strategy:
1) What is the potential climate-related damage over the coming decades?
2) How much of that damage can be averted, using what type of adaptation measures?
3) What investments will be required to fund those measures – and will the benefits of these investments outweigh the costs?
What does ECA provide?
Powered by CLIMADA, an open-source modelling platform, the ECA framework helps promoting resilience through the assessment of weather and climate risks and the integration of appropriate climate change adaptation (CCA) measures. More particularly, it supports governments, businesses and individuals with the following:
1) CLIMATE RISK IDENTIFICATION
Conduct an identification of climate risk in a defined region (e.g. urban area), identify areas and people at risk, spanning all significant climate hazards and the full range of possible impacts for different sectors
2) CLIMATE RISK QUANTIFICATION
Calculate the expected damage across multiple climate and economic scenarios
3) IDENTIFICATION AND PRIORITIZATION OF CCA MEASURES
Determine strategies, including a portfolio of specific measures with detailed cost-benefit assessment
4) ENABLING MULTI-STAKEHOLDER COLLABORATION
Ensure local involvement in order to create a long-term and transparent adaptation strategy
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Technical document/report
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Switzerland, Germany
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Title:
Losses and damages associated with slow-onset events: urban drought and water insecurity in Asia
ID:
29341
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01/10/2022 07:00
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Research institution; University/education/training organization
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NWPPartner:
Indian Institute for Human Settlements
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Asia
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National; Regional; Transboundary
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India
Target group:
Academics and scientists; Policy makers
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01/10/2022 07:00
Modified By:
crmmocservices
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Adaptation element:
Adaptation planning and practices; Impact assessment; Institutional arrangements; Monitoring and evaluation/M&E; Science and research; Vulnerability assessment
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Disaster risk reduction; Human settlements; Infrastructure; Services; Urban resilience; Water resources
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crmmocservices
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Loss and Damage studies have tended to focus on rapid-onset events with lesser attention to slow-onset events such as drought. Even when discussed, narratives around droughts emphasize implications on rural populations and there remain empirical and conceptual gaps on drought impacts in urban areas. We focus on losses and damages associated with urban drought and water insecurity through a review of interventions and policies in seven Asian countries. We find evidence of urban droughts leading to tangible losses (e.g. groundwater over-extraction, economic impacts) and intangible losses (e.g. conflict, increased drudgery). We highlight examples of Asian cities minimizing urban drought-related losses and damages through nature-based, institutional, technological, and behavioral adaptation interventions. We argue that water management policies that take into account current and projected L&D of urban droughts as well as beyond-urban dynamics of water availability and sharing are essential for effective climate adaptation.
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2406
NWPSecendaryEmail:
csingh@iihs.ac.in
NWPPrimaryEmail:
csingh@iihs.ac.in
NWPTypeOfKnowledge:
Scientific/peer reviewed publication
NWPCountryItem:
India, China, Indonesia, Japan, Pakistan, Turkey, and Bangladesh
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www.iihs.co.in
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Title:
Perceived Climate Change and Determinants of Adaptation Responses by Smallholder Farmers in Central Ethiopia
ID:
29340
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01/10/2022 07:00
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Non-governmental organization - NGO; Research institution
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NWPPartner:
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Ethiopia Office
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NWPGeographicRegion:
Africa
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Local; National
NWPOutputs:
Country:
Ethiopia
Target group:
Academics and scientists; Communities; Policy makers; Practitioners; Private sector
Modified:
01/10/2022 07:00
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crmmocservices
NWPReferences:
https://doi.org/10.3390/su14116590
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Adaptation planning and practices; Climate observations; Stakeholder involvement
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Agriculture; Food security
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The study examines the trends of climate parameters, assess farmers’ perception of climate change, and identify the strategies of adaptation measures in central Ethiopia. The results of the study indicate that, in most of the cases, farmers’ perceptions were in accordance with climate trend analyses. Farmers used crop diversification, adjustments of planting dates, destocking of livestock, seasonal migration, crop rotation, and climate information services to adapt to climate related shocks. Empirical results showed that the age and education of the household heads, family size, access to extension services, and farm and nonfarm incomes had a significant association with the adaptation practices farmers took. The existence of strong correlations between the demographic, socio-institutional variables, and the choice of adaptation strategies suggests the need to strengthen local institutions to enhance the adaptation of smallholder farmers to climate change.
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2397
NWPSecendaryEmail:
selamita2004@gmail.com
NWPPrimaryEmail:
selamita2004@gmail.com
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Scientific/peer reviewed publication
NWPCountryItem:
Ethiopia
NWPWeblink:
https://www.cimmyt.org/
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Title:
Locally Led Adaptation: From Principles to Practice
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29339
Created:
01/10/2022 07:00
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Civil society
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NWPPartner:
World Resources Institute
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Africa; Asia; Caribbean and Central America; Pacific/Oceania; South America
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Global; Local; National; Regional
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Target group:
Communities; Policy makers; Practitioners
Modified:
01/10/2022 07:00
Modified By:
crmmocservices
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Adaptation element:
Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Financial support; Monitoring and evaluation/M&E; Stakeholder involvement
Adaptation sector/theme:
Agriculture; Ecosystems; Coastal areas/zones; Ecosystem-based adaptation; Community-based adaptation; Adaptation finance; Human settlements; Gender; Indigenous and traditional knowledge; Urban resilience
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crmmocservices
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This paper provides a review of approaches to delivering locally led adaptation. Drawing on examples from Africa, the Asia-Pacific region, and the Caribbean and Latin America, it provides practical recommendations for financing and implementing locally led adaptation. It helps demystify the steps funders and governments can take to ensure local partners have equitable access to climate finance and are at the center of decision-making processes.
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Scientific/peer reviewed publication
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South Africa; Antigua & Barbuda; Namibia; Zimbabwe; Bangladesh; India; Kenya; Nepal; Mali; Indonesia; Micronesia; Costa Rica; Argentina; Paraguay; Bolivia
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Title:
New Research Article in Mountains Regions Reveals Low Climate Station Density in the World’s Most Important 'Water Towers'
ID:
29338
Created:
01/10/2022 07:00
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Civil society
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NWPPartner:
Mountain Research Initiative
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Africa; Asia; Caribbean and Central America; Europe; North America; Pacific/Oceania; Polar regions; South America
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Global
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Academics and scientists; Policy makers; Practitioners; Private sector
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01/10/2022 07:00
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crmmocservices
NWPReferences:
Thornton, J. M., Pepin, N., Shahgedanova, M., & Adler, C. (2022). Coverage of In Situ Climatological Observations in the World’s Mountains. Frontiers in Climate, 0, 41. https://doi.org/10.3389/FCLIM.2022.814181
Adaptation element:
Climate observations; Impact assessment; Monitoring and evaluation/M&E; Science and research; Socio-economic data and information; Technology support; Vulnerability assessment
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Food security; Water resources; Disaster risk reduction; Infrastructure; Human settlements; Tourism; Services
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crmmocservices
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In a new research article from GEO Mountains, Thornton et al. analyse the coverage of in situ climatological observations across the world's mountains. In situ, climatological data from the world's mountains are crucial for many applications. As such, any limitations associated with such data (e.g., the limited spatial density of stations, short record lengths, relative lack of observations at higher elevations, etc.) can impinge upon several important activities, not least tracking changing mountain climates, better understanding the key processes and feedbacks involved, and making reliable projections of change impacts.
Despite this, patterns of in situ climatological data coverage with respect to space, time, and elevation have not yet been assessed in detail on a global basis. To begin to address this gap, in a new GEO Mountains-led research article published in Frontiers in Climate, Thornton et al. used perhaps the most comprehensive global inventory available – Global Historical Climatological Network daily (GHCNd) – to investigate and compare patterns of air temperature, precipitation, and snow depth observation record coverage across 292 named mountain regions.
For the first time, additional datasets were also introduced in order to assess data coverage in more relative terms, for example with respect to the hydrological importance and size of the downstream economy of each mountain range. An 'Open Science' approach, based on exclusively open data and software, was employed throughout. The article involved collaboration with the leads of the MRI's Elevation-Dependent Climate Change and Mountain Observatories Working Groups, and was a contribution to the Frontiers Research Topic 'Knowledge Gaps from the IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate and Recent Advances (Volume II).'
The article’s main findings are that:
- Spatial patterns of mountain data coverage are highly uneven;
- Station densities in several 'Water Tower Units' that were previously identified as having great hydrological importance to society are especially low;
- A number of mountainous regions whose elevational distribution is severely under-sampled by GHCNd stations could be identified, and;
- Mountain station density is only weakly related to the human population or economic output of the corresponding downstream catchments.
Alongside the article, the authors provide a script that enables the temporal coverage (i.e., the proportion and periods of missing data vs. actual observations) and quality information (i.e., the frequency distribution of the quality flags assigned) to be efficiently presented for individual records. Since the script runs on any GHCNd station, it could provide useful applications beyond mountains.
Besides being of interest to academic research groups, the article's insights should also help regional, national, and international organisations to make more informed decisions around investing in and maintaining in situ climatological monitoring efforts, such that networks are as optimised as possible (e.g., provide the most representative and informative observations at the lowest cost).
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2375
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Scientific/peer reviewed publication
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Global
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Title:
CarbonTerra
ID:
29333
Created:
23/09/2022 13:38
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NWP Partner profile
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Private sector
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Global
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23/09/2022 13:38
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Serkant Samurkas
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Climate observations; Climate scenarios; Science and research; Technology support
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Agriculture; Indigenous and traditional knowledge
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Serkant Samurkas
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CarbonTerra was founded with farmers for farmers and is committed to encouraging climate-concious practices in agriculture. We believe that through generational changes to farm management, integration of technology and modern science protocols, agribusiness will lead to a balanced climate.
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http://www.carbonterra.com, http://www.carbonterra.com
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Title:
University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
ID:
29332
Created:
23/09/2022 13:37
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Global
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23/09/2022 13:37
Modified By:
Serkant Samurkas
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Adaptation element:
Climate scenarios; Communication and outreach/awareness; Education and training; Impact assessment; Science and research; Stakeholder involvement; Vulnerability assessment
Adaptation sector/theme:
Adaptation finance; Agriculture; Biodiversity; Coastal areas/zones; Community-based adaptation; Disaster risk reduction; Ecosystem-based adaptation; Ecosystems; Energy; Food security; Gender; Human settlements; Infrastructure; Urban resilience; Water resources
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Serkant Samurkas
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The ClimateWise Transition Risk Framework provides an open-source, step-by-step methodology on how to manage the risks and capture emerging opportunities from the low carbon transition. Transition risks include market and technological shifts, policy and legal changes and reputational damage. The framework is designed to help investors assess the breadth of asset types exposed to transition risk at portfolio level, define the potential financial impact of the low carbon transition down to asset level and incorporate transition impacts into asset financial models. The ClimateWise Physical Risk Framework demonstrates how the expertise and tools of the insurance industry can support other parts of the financial system to understand their physical risk exposure. Physical risks include rising temperatures, flooding, drought, sea level rise and water scarcity, of which associated financial losses (both insured and uninsured) have significantly increased in recent years. The framework offers real estate investors and lenders a means of understanding the potential physical risks of climate change on their portfolios.
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https://www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/business-action/sustainable-finance/climatewise/research/climate-risk, https://www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/business-action/sustainable-finance/climatewise/research/climate-risk
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Title:
Botho University
ID:
29331
Created:
19/07/2022 11:06
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NWP Partner profile
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Private sector
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Global; Local; Regional
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19/07/2022 11:06
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crmmocservices
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Adaptation planning and practices; Climate scenarios; Communication and outreach/awareness; Education and training; Knowledge management; Science and research; Socio-economic data and information; Stakeholder involvement
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Agriculture; Food security; Water resources; Ecosystems; Disaster risk reduction; Energy; Gender; Indigenous and traditional knowledge; Urban resilience
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Created By:
crmmocservices
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Solar Energy, Water management and smart agriculture
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Technical document/report
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https://bothouniversity.com/, https://bothouniversity.com/
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Title:
Mountain Sentinels
ID:
29330
Created:
19/07/2022 11:06
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NWP Partner profile
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University/education/training organization
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Global; Local
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19/07/2022 11:06
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crmmocservices
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Adaptation element:
Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Climate observations; Communication and outreach/awareness; Education and training; Institutional arrangements; Knowledge management; Science and research; Socio-economic data and information; Stakeholder involvement
Adaptation sector/theme:
Biodiversity; Community-based adaptation; Disaster risk reduction; Ecosystem-based adaptation; Ecosystems; Food security; Indigenous and traditional knowledge; Services; Tourism; Water resources
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crmmocservices
Description:
Mountain Sentinels is an international community that fosters global mountain sustainability by serving as a catalyst for innovative solutions and actions, aiming to bring together local and Indigenous knowledge, policy, industry, and transformational science, and elevating diverse voices through authentic partnerships. The rate of global warming is amplified at higher elevations; therefore, mountains are disproportionately threatened by climate change compared to lowlands. Our work aims to address critical sustainability issues, including adaptation to climate change, using an approach we call transformative science with society.
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https://mountainsentinels.org/, https://mountainsentinels.org/
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Title:
NAP Global Network
ID:
29329
Created:
15/07/2022 14:56
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NWP Partner profile
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National
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Modified:
15/07/2022 14:59
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Stefan Dierks
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Adaptation finance; Gender
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crmmocservices
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The National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Network supports developing countries to advance their NAP processes to help accelerate climate change adaptation efforts around the world. The NAP Global Network connects over 1,500 participants from more than 150 countries working on national adaptation planning and action, and has delivered direct support to more than 50 countries.
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https://napglobalnetwork.org/
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Title:
International Institute for Sustainable Development
ID:
25308
Created:
22/04/2016 11:56
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NWP Partner profile
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Partner portal
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International Institute for Sustainable Development
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Global
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13/07/2022 17:20
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Stefan Dierks
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Created By:
Roberto Felix
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IISD’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Knowledge Program provides information and analysis in support of the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including the 17 SDGs. Our work seeks to enhance SDG implementation by:
• increasing the accountability of decision-makers,
• transforming patterns, processes and relationships for implementation and engagement, and
• developing and applying methods to track progress in new ways.
We pursue these objectives through, inter alia, our information sharing and dissemination work on the SDG Knowledge Hub. One of the Hub's main focal areas is climate action, and we publish regular climate change adaptation and loss and damage updates here: http://sdg.iisd.org/tag/adaptation-and-loss-and-damage-update/
The IISD also hosts the Secretariat of the NAP Global Network (http://napglobalnetwork.org/), a forum in which bilateral donors can engage with one another to coordinate adaptation support.
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chunter@iisd.ca
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cledwell@iisd.ca
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http://sdg.iisd.org/
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Title:
Adaptation at Altitude Solutions Portal
ID:
29327
Created:
07/07/2022 16:16
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Online portal
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Good practices and lessons learned:
Actors implementing adaptation in mountain regions (and elsewhere) need detailed information on potential adaptation solutions to appraise which solutions are most suitable for their needs, budget, and capacities, and to replicate them while also tailoring them to their context. To support the scaling of successful solutions this information needs to be shared in a structured way that makes it easily discoverable and accessible to a diverse array of actors.
Providing such detailed information, some of which is tacit, can be challenging for those contributing the solutions.
It is important to offer support to contributors and provide different pathways (e.g. word documents as opposed to direct entry into a database system) for them to contribute their work
Knowledge fragmentation remains a major issue in climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction. Now that the Adaptation at Altitude Solutions Portal is up and running, emphasis is being put on using it to connect different databases sharing climate-related knowledge for mountains, to make it easier for those working in these regions to find all the knowledge they need.
NWPMandatesandFrameworks:
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Civil society
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NWPPartner:
Stockholm Environment Institute
Scope of work:
NWPGeographicRegion:
Africa; Asia; Europe; North America; South America
NWPGeographicScope:
Global; Local; National; Regional; Subregional; Transboundary
NWPOutputs:
Country:
Target group:
Academics and scientists; Communities; Policy makers; Practitioners; Private sector
Modified:
07/07/2022 16:16
Modified By:
crmmocservices
NWPReferences:
The Adaptation at Altitude Solutions Portal: A global database of CCA solutions for mountain regions -
https://www.weadapt.org/knowledge-base/adaptation-in-mountains/the-adaptation-at-altitude-solutions-portal
Adaptation element:
Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Climate observations; Climate scenarios; Communication and outreach/awareness; Education and training; Financial support; Impact assessment; Institutional arrangements; Knowledge management; Monitoring and evaluation/M&E; Science and research; Socio-economic data and information; Stakeholder involvement; Technology support; Vulnerability assessment
Adaptation sector/theme:
Agriculture; Food security; Water resources; Ecosystems; Biodiversity; Health; Ecosystem-based adaptation; Community-based adaptation; Adaptation finance; Disaster risk reduction; Infrastructure; Human settlements; Gender; Indigenous and traditional knowledge; Urban resilience; Tourism; Services
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Description:
Mountains feature some of the clearest indications of climate change: rising temperatures, melting glaciers and changing precipitation patterns, which are disrupting water flows and affecting ecosystems, creating and worsening natural hazards and threatening livelihoods and communities both within the mountains and downstream.
The Adaptation at
Altitude Solutions Portal
has been designed to support the sharing and transfer of knowledge on interventions that are helping to reduce vulnerability and climate risk in the mountains. The Portal provides easy access to information on tried, tested, and replicable solutions, making these solutions easier to find, explore, and appraise for everyone working on this topic.
The Portal is also specifically designed to give visibility and recognition to solution contributors and enable potential adopters of solutions to connect with those who have implemented these solutions in the field.
The Portal is open to contributions from all actors working in mountains, and these are welcomed and encouraged to share their implemented solutions. Details of guidance and support to enable this are
available here
.
Prior to publishing, solutions are evaluated according to the evaluation criteria. This criteria is
published here
. The ‘
solutions
’ in the Portal include technologies, approaches, and/or processes to adjust natural or human systems to actual or expected climate impacts, in order to reduce expected losses or harness benefits. The diverse array of solutions in the Portal ranges from community-based initiatives to early warning systems to education programmes to land restoration and many more.
The solutions can be filtered by scales of implementation, ecosystem types, solution types, and impacts addressed. They incorporate disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and ecosystem restoration approaches.
Solutions in the Portal contain key information to support its replication in and tailoring to other contexts, including:
Who the solution benefits
Its target and reported outcomes
Which SDGs and Sendai Framework goals it addresses
How it was planned, implemented, and funded
What is innovative about it
How its performance has been evaluated and what the results of this are
Its long-term sustainability including actions taken to ensure its sustainability
The capacities required for its successful implementation, including knowledge, technology, political, institutional and socio-cultural capacities
Its outlook and potential for scaling and transformation
What barriers and adverse effects have been observed and actions taken to mitigate these, and
Links to supporting and relevant resources and documentation
The Adaptation at Altitude (A@A) Solutions Portal is being developed through the Adaptation at Altitude programme, funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), which seeks to support mountain communities and those working with them by improving the knowledge of appropriate climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction strategies in the mountains, and transferring that knowledge through science–policy platforms to inform decision-making in national, regional and global policy processes.
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2303
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Technical document/report
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NWPWeblink:
https://adaptationataltitude.org/adaptation-at-altitude
NWPRelevantWeblinks:
Details
Title:
Adaptation Literacy
ID:
29326
Created:
07/07/2022 16:06
NWPInformationType:
Knowledge Resource
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NWPFocusonNElossesFlag:
Good practices and lessons learned:
NWPMandatesandFrameworks:
NWPTypeOfOrganization:
Civil society
NWPModalityApproachandMechanism:
NWPOutcome:
NWPPartner:
Center for Climate Change Adaptation
Scope of work:
NWPGeographicRegion:
Asia; Pacific/Oceania
NWPGeographicScope:
Global; Local; National; Regional
NWPOutputs:
Country:
Target group:
Academics and scientists; Communities; Policy makers; Practitioners; Private sector
Modified:
07/07/2022 16:06
Modified By:
crmmocservices
NWPReferences:
Adaptation element:
Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Climate observations; Climate scenarios; Communication and outreach/awareness; Education and training; Impact assessment; Monitoring and evaluation/M&E; Science and research; Socio-economic data and information; Stakeholder involvement; Vulnerability assessment
Adaptation sector/theme:
Agriculture; Food security; Water resources; Ecosystems; Biodiversity; Coastal areas/zones; Health; Ecosystem-based adaptation; Disaster risk reduction; Urban resilience
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Created By:
crmmocservices
Description:
Aiming to build capacity for better climate adaptation, the Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Information Platform provides self-paced online learning videos and the most updated scientific tools to support various stakeholders in developing effective policies and planning relevant activities.
Adaptation Literacy provides self-paced e-learning videos for emerging adaptation issues. It includes past joint activities with key institutions to facilitate knowledge exchange and presents datasets and state-of-the-art applications for projecting future climate impacts under various scenarios.
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2323
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Educational/training material
NWPCountryItem:
Japan
NWPWeblink:
https://ap-plat.nies.go.jp/adaptation_literacy/index.html
NWPRelevantWeblinks:
Details
Title:
Climate Change Adaptation in Mountains theme on weADAPT.org
ID:
29325
Created:
07/07/2022 15:56
NWPInformationType:
Online portal
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NWPFocusonNElossesFlag:
Good practices and lessons learned:
NWPMandatesandFrameworks:
NWPTypeOfOrganization:
Civil society
NWPModalityApproachandMechanism:
NWPOutcome:
NWPPartner:
Stockholm Environment Institute
Scope of work:
NWPGeographicRegion:
Africa; Asia; Europe; North America; South America
NWPGeographicScope:
Global
NWPOutputs:
Country:
Target group:
Communities; Policy makers; Practitioners; Private sector
Modified:
07/07/2022 15:56
Modified By:
crmmocservices
NWPReferences:
Adaptation element:
Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Climate observations; Impact assessment; Knowledge management; Science and research; Stakeholder involvement; Vulnerability assessment
Adaptation sector/theme:
Food security; Water resources; Ecosystems; Ecosystem-based adaptation; Community-based adaptation; Disaster risk reduction; Human settlements; Indigenous and traditional knowledge; Urban resilience; Tourism
NWPUpdate:
Type of knowledge resource:
Scale of work:
NWPSlowOnsetEvents:
Created By:
crmmocservices
Description:
The Climate Change Adaptation in Mountains theme on weADAPT.org (
https://www.weadapt.org/mountains
) is an open online space where users can access and share knowledge and projects on climate change adaptation and climate-related disaster risk in mountains.
It hosts a diverse array of content including case studies, impact reports, good practice guides (including risk assessment and stakeholder engagement), research papers, policy briefs, project descriptions/outputs, webinars and learning resources.
All shared content is open access and syntheses are provided to aid readers to understand, appraise and quickly access key messages from each item shared.
This online theme space benefits from weADAPT's networking features, including the ability to contact people who have shared their work and those who have joined this thematic community (just click on their user profiles, and click on ‘Contact’), and a dedicated discussion forum for those working in mountain regions where users can ask the community questions and posts about relevant news and events.
Interested users can ‘join’ the theme to post in the discussion forum, share their work, and receive alerts of new content being added to the theme. To do this, go to the theme homepage (https://www.weadapt.org/mountains) and click on the ‘Join’ button. This will also give you an option to sign up to the fortnightly weADAPT newsletter.
It is easy to share your own work – find out more about the benefits of sharing your work and how you can do this here:
https://www.weadapt.org/why-share-content-on-weadapt
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Online portal
NWPCountryItem:
United Kingdom
NWPWeblink:
https://www.weadapt.org/mountains
NWPRelevantWeblinks:
Details
Title:
Solutions in Nature: Lessons from Fiji and Timor-Leste
ID:
29324
Created:
07/07/2022 15:46
NWPInformationType:
Multimedia material
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Good practices and lessons learned:
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NWPTypeOfOrganization:
Civil society
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NWPOutcome:
This video features two countries—Fiji and Timor-Leste—that are effectively scaling up EbA actions through their NAP processes.
NWPPartner:
International Institute for Sustainable Development
Scope of work:
NWPGeographicRegion:
Asia; Pacific/Oceania
NWPGeographicScope:
National
NWPOutputs:
Country:
Timor-Leste and Fiji
Target group:
Policy makers; Practitioners
Modified:
07/07/2022 15:46
Modified By:
crmmocservices
NWPReferences:
Adaptation element:
Adaptation planning and practices; Education and training; Institutional arrangements; Knowledge management
Adaptation sector/theme:
Ecosystems; Biodiversity; Ecosystem-based adaptation; Indigenous and traditional knowledge
NWPUpdate:
Type of knowledge resource:
Scale of work:
NWPSlowOnsetEvents:
Created By:
crmmocservices
Description:
Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) is a critical part of the global solution to climate change. As a type of nature-based solution (NbS) for adaptation, EbA includes restoring, protecting, and managing ecosystems to ensure their health and the long-term effectiveness of the services they provide. When implemented correctly, these approaches help reduce vulnerabilities to climate risks, enhance livelihoods, and promote biodiversity conservation.
Many countries are already using EbA to help build resilience to the impacts of climate change. In order to maximize its uptake and benefits, it is critical to integrate EbA actions into a country’s National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process.
In this video, the NAP Global Network provides examples of key actions in Fiji and Timor-Leste's NAP processes that will scale up Ecosystem-based Adaptation in these countries.
Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/K8QJAFLfTF8
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2343
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NWPTypeOfKnowledge:
Technical document/report
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NWPWeblink:
https://youtu.be/K8QJAFLfTF8
NWPRelevantWeblinks:
Details
Title:
National University of Ireland Galway, J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics
ID:
29315
Created:
22/06/2022 15:26
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NWP Partner profile
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NWPTypeOfOrganization:
University/education/training organization
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NWPGeographicRegion:
NWPGeographicScope:
Global
NWPOutputs:
Country:
Target group:
Modified:
06/07/2022 15:54
Modified By:
Lilian Daphine Lunyolo
NWPReferences:
Adaptation element:
Adaptation planning and practices; Impact assessment; Science and research; Socio-economic data and information; Stakeholder involvement
Adaptation sector/theme:
Agriculture; Food security; Water resources; Coastal areas/zones; Health; Ecosystem-based adaptation; Community-based adaptation; Disaster risk reduction; Energy; Infrastructure; Human settlements; Gender; Urban resilience
NWPUpdate:
Type of knowledge resource:
Scale of work:
NWPSlowOnsetEvents:
Created By:
crmmocservices
Description:
NUI Galway has been inspiring minds since 1845 as a research-led university. NUI Galway is one of the oldest and largest universities in Ireland. The campus community includes over 21,000 students and staff and 110,000 alumni located in over 100 countries across the world. NUI Galway is counted among the Top 300 universities in the world according to the most prestigious rankings, positioned in the top 2% globally. NUI Galway is an international university with global ambition, but with deep roots in the region and nationally. Its location on the very edge of Europe gives NUI Galway a unique perspective.
NUI Galway is at the heart of a distinct and vibrant region, renowned for its unique culture, creative industries, medical technologies, marine ecology and economy, and innovation.
J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics is one of three Schools within the College of Business, Public Policy and Law at NUI Galway. The school has 2,800 students, over 120 faculty, research and professional services staff, and over 30 undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. The School has successfully attained AACSB and AMBA accreditation as well as EFMD programme accreditation. The School comprises five disciplines: Accountancy & Finance, Business Information Systems, Economics, Management, and Marketing. The School is synergistically aligned with the internationally-recognised Whitaker Institute for Innovation and Societal Change and the Institute for Lifecourse and Society (ILAS).
J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics is for the public good. Energised by its regional edge on the west coast of Ireland, it is a globally-engaged School of Business and Economics for the public good that makes a transformative impact for students, society and business.
The School’s Strategic Plan 2021-2025 is centred around four key strategic priority areas of research and impact, teaching and learning, external engagement and internationalisation. J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics champions core values of respect, excellence, openness and sustainability. Its vision for the next four years is to make a global impact for the public good by addressing grand challenges through its teaching, research and influence on public policy. The school is committed to delivering value to all its stakeholders and especially to students, external business, industry and policy partners, its community and society.
Within the School, the Discipline of Economics is recognised nationally and internationally for its record in teaching, research and scholarship. The Discipline seeks to provide a flourishing and diverse academic environment which integrates teaching and research, theory and empirical applications, in a policy-oriented and interdisciplinary way.
The primary teaching commitments of the Discipline include the economics components of the Bachelor of Arts, Commerce, and Financial Mathematics and Economics degrees at undergraduate level. At postgraduate level, the Discipline offers Masters programmes in Global Environmental Economics, Health Economics, Ageing and Public Policy, and International Finance. The Discipline has a vibrant PhD programme with over 20 students currently registered and a number of post-doctoral researchers working on externally funded research projects. In terms of its research profile, the Discipline has recognized expertise in areas including: Environmental, Marine, Agricultural, and Climate Change Economics; Health Economics; Ageing; International Finance and Macroeconomics; Economic Theory; and, Irish Economic History. This research is generally aligned with the research agendas of both the Whitaker and Lifecourse and Society research institutes. Discipline staff also advise government departments in Ireland and internationally across a range of topics related to these research areas.
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Technical document/report
NWPCountryItem:
NWPWeblink:
https://www.nuigalway.ie/business-public-policy-law/cairnes/
NWPRelevantWeblinks:
Details
Title:
Gender-Responsive National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Processes: Progress and promising examples
ID:
29321
Created:
22/06/2022 23:06
NWPInformationType:
Knowledge Resource
NWPDataSource:
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NWPEffortsToAddressSOE:
NWPFocusonNElossesFlag:
Good practices and lessons learned:
NWPMandatesandFrameworks:
NWPTypeOfOrganization:
Civil society
NWPModalityApproachandMechanism:
NWPOutcome:
NWPPartner:
International Institute for Sustainable Development
Scope of work:
NWPGeographicRegion:
NWPGeographicScope:
Global; National
NWPOutputs:
Country:
Target group:
Policy makers; Practitioners
Modified:
22/06/2022 23:06
Modified By:
crmmocservices
NWPReferences:
CORRECT CITATION
Dazé, A., & Hunter, C. (2022). Gender-responsive National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes: Progress and promising examples (NAP Global Network synthesis report 2021–2022). International Institute for Sustainable Development.
www.napglobalnetwork.org
Adaptation element:
Adaptation planning and practices; Education and training
Adaptation sector/theme:
Gender
NWPUpdate:
Type of knowledge resource:
Scale of work:
NWPSlowOnsetEvents:
Created By:
crmmocservices
Description:
This document is the third in a series of synthesis reports that assess progress on gender-responsive approaches in National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes at the global level. It coincides with the midpoint of the Gender Action Plan under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), making this a good moment to reflect on progress in integrating gender considerations in NAP processes.
We explore this through a systematic review of the NAP documents submitted to the UNFCCC, as well as through practical examples that illustrate how countries are taking a gender-responsive approach to their NAP processes.
The progress shown in this report demonstrates the potential of NAP processes as a mechanism for ensuring that climate action addresses gender and social inequalities. As countries increasingly move from planning to implementation of adaptation actions, more opportunities are created to work with diverse stakeholders to build resilience while also creating more equitable communities and societies.
SourceItemID:
2364
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NWPPrimaryEmail:
NWPTypeOfKnowledge:
Technical document/report
NWPCountryItem:
Global
NWPWeblink:
NWPRelevantWeblinks:
Details
Title:
ClimoCast
ID:
29319
Created:
22/06/2022 21:46
NWPInformationType:
Tool
NWPDataSource:
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NWPEffortsToAddressSOE:
NWPFocusonNElossesFlag:
Good practices and lessons learned:
NWPMandatesandFrameworks:
NWPTypeOfOrganization:
Civil society
NWPModalityApproachandMechanism:
NWPOutcome:
NWPPartner:
Center for Climate Change Adaptation
Scope of work:
NWPGeographicRegion:
Africa; Asia; Caribbean and Central America; Europe; North America; Pacific/Oceania; Polar regions; South America
NWPGeographicScope:
Global; Local; National; Regional; Subregional; Transboundary
NWPOutputs:
Country:
Target group:
Academics and scientists; Communities; Policy makers; Practitioners; Private sector
Modified:
22/06/2022 22:00
Modified By:
Lilian Daphine Lunyolo
NWPReferences:
Adaptation element:
Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Climate observations; Climate scenarios; Impact assessment; Science and research; Vulnerability assessment
Adaptation sector/theme:
Agriculture; Food security; Water resources; Ecosystems; Biodiversity; Coastal areas/zones; Health; Ecosystem-based adaptation; Community-based adaptation; Adaptation finance; Disaster risk reduction; Energy; Infrastructure; Human settlements; Gender; Indigenous and traditional knowledge; Urban resilience; Tourism; Services; Heavy industry
NWPUpdate:
Type of knowledge resource:
Scale of work:
NWPSlowOnsetEvents:
Created By:
crmmocservices
Description:
ClimoCast is a climate projection tool that shows climate projections up to the year 2100 in four representative greenhouse gas emissions scenarios (SSP126 - 585) and ten major climate simulation models. The tool covers all countries and allows users to compare different scenarios and models, as well as downscale the results to sub-national level. Climate data can be downloaded in CSV format.
SourceItemID:
2321
NWPSecendaryEmail:
NWPPrimaryEmail:
NWPTypeOfKnowledge:
Technical document/report
NWPCountryItem:
Japan
NWPWeblink:
https://a-plat.nies.go.jp/ap-plat/cmip6/global.html
NWPRelevantWeblinks:
Details
Title:
Climate Impact Viewer
ID:
29320
Created:
22/06/2022 21:56
NWPInformationType:
Tool
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NWPEffortsToAddressSOE:
NWPFocusonNElossesFlag:
Good practices and lessons learned:
NWPMandatesandFrameworks:
NWPTypeOfOrganization:
Civil society
NWPModalityApproachandMechanism:
NWPOutcome:
NWPPartner:
Center for Climate Change Adaptation
Scope of work:
NWPGeographicRegion:
Africa; Asia; Caribbean and Central America; Europe; North America; Pacific/Oceania; Polar regions; South America
NWPGeographicScope:
Global; Local; National; Regional; Subregional; Transboundary
NWPOutputs:
Country:
Target group:
Academics and scientists; Communities; Policy makers; Practitioners; Private sector
Modified:
22/06/2022 21:56
Modified By:
crmmocservices
NWPReferences:
Adaptation element:
Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Climate scenarios; Impact assessment; Science and research; Vulnerability assessment
Adaptation sector/theme:
Agriculture; Food security; Water resources; Ecosystems; Coastal areas/zones; Health
NWPUpdate:
Type of knowledge resource:
Scale of work:
NWPSlowOnsetEvents:
Created By:
crmmocservices
Description:
The Climate Impact Viewer shows the results of climate change impact assessment in various sectors, including the existing climate, water resources, vegetation, agriculture, and health. Users can visually compare global projections across different sectors and time scales.
The Climate Impact Viewer shows the
results of a climate change impact assessment based on the Integrated
Climate Assessment - Risks, Uncertainties and Society (ICA-RUS) and
Comprehensive Research on the Development of Global Climate Change Risk
Management Strategies (S-10 Strategic Research Project) supported by the
Environment Research and Technology Development Fund of the Ministry of
the Environment of Japan. Process-based impact models for multiple
sectors were used for future influence projections.
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2322
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NWPPrimaryEmail:
NWPTypeOfKnowledge:
Technical document/report
NWPCountryItem:
Japan
NWPWeblink:
https://a-plat.nies.go.jp/ap-plat/asia_pacific/index.html
NWPRelevantWeblinks:
Details
Title:
State and Trends in Adaptation 2021
ID:
29316
Created:
22/06/2022 21:16
NWPInformationType:
Knowledge Resource
NWPDataSource:
NWPRelevantStakeholders:
NWPEffortsToAddressSOE:
NWPFocusonNElossesFlag:
Good practices and lessons learned:
NWPMandatesandFrameworks:
NWPTypeOfOrganization:
Regional center/network/initiative; UN and affiliated organization
NWPModalityApproachandMechanism:
NWPOutcome:
NWPPartner:
Global Center on Adaptation
Scope of work:
NWPGeographicRegion:
Africa
NWPGeographicScope:
Local; National; Regional; Subregional; Transboundary
NWPOutputs:
Country:
Netherlands
Target group:
Academics and scientists; Communities; Policy makers; Practitioners; Private sector
Modified:
22/06/2022 21:16
Modified By:
crmmocservices
NWPReferences:
Adaptation element:
Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Climate observations; Climate scenarios; Financial support; Impact assessment; Institutional arrangements; Knowledge management; Science and research; Socio-economic data and information; Stakeholder involvement; Technology support; Vulnerability assessment
Adaptation sector/theme:
Agriculture; Food security; Water resources; Health; Adaptation finance; Disaster risk reduction; Energy; Infrastructure; Human settlements; Gender; Urban resilience; Services
NWPUpdate:
Type of knowledge resource:
Scale of work:
NWPSlowOnsetEvents:
Created By:
crmmocservices
Description:
The
State and Trends in Adaptation Report 2021: How Adaptation Can Make Africa Safer, Greener and More Prosperous
report combines in-depth analyses, case studies, and viewpoints from those on the frontlines of climate change impacts in Africa. It presents a detailed blueprint for action: offering innovative adaptation and resilience ideas, solutions, and policy recommendations.
The results are clear and compelling. Adaptation measures can be enormously cost effective and have the potential to start a positively reinforcing cycle of benefits. As these measures protect people and communities from floods, droughts, and others impacts, they also help lift people out of poverty, reduce hunger and undernourishment, raise incomes and living standards, fight diseases, create jobs, reduce inequality, mitigate the risk of conflicts, and give voice to the most vulnerable. These realizable results, in turn, further increase resilience to climate impacts.
SourceItemID:
2297
NWPSecendaryEmail:
sumiran.rastogi@gca.org
NWPPrimaryEmail:
julia.eichhorn@gca.org
NWPTypeOfKnowledge:
Technical document/report
NWPCountryItem:
Africa
NWPWeblink:
https://gca.org/
NWPRelevantWeblinks:
Details
Title:
Adapting Coastal Cities and Territories to Sea Level Rise in Northern Europe : Challenges and Best Practices
ID:
29314
Created:
22/06/2022 12:36
NWPInformationType:
Knowledge Resource
NWPDataSource:
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NWPEffortsToAddressSOE:
NWPFocusonNElossesFlag:
Good practices and lessons learned:
NWPMandatesandFrameworks:
NWPTypeOfOrganization:
Civil society
NWPModalityApproachandMechanism:
NWPOutcome:
NWPPartner:
Ocean & Climate Platform
Scope of work:
NWPGeographicRegion:
Europe
NWPGeographicScope:
Transboundary
NWPOutputs:
Country:
Target group:
Academics and scientists; Communities; Policy makers; Practitioners; Private sector
Modified:
22/06/2022 12:36
Modified By:
crmmocservices
NWPReferences:
Link to the report:
https://ocean-climate.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/SEATIES_Report_Adaptation_SLR_Northern-Europe_V2.pdf
Adaptation element:
Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Climate observations; Climate scenarios; Communication and outreach/awareness; Education and training; Impact assessment; Institutional arrangements; Knowledge management; Monitoring and evaluation/M&E; Science and research; Socio-economic data and information; Stakeholder involvement; Technology support; Vulnerability assessment
Adaptation sector/theme:
Ecosystems; Biodiversity; Coastal areas/zones; Ecosystem-based adaptation; Community-based adaptation; Infrastructure; Human settlements; Urban resilience
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Created By:
crmmocservices
Description:
The report "
Adapting Coastal Cities and Territories to Sea Level Rise in Northern Europe: Challenges and Best Practices
" draws on elements discussed during preliminary interviews and the Sea’ties Northern European Workshop hosted by the Ocean & Climate Platform on November 29, 2021. Intended for policymakers, city, and territorial planners, as well as residents willing to pursue transformational change on their coasts, the report provides an overview of current practices and obstacles to defining and implementing adaptation strategies.
Accordingly, th
ree key areas of concern
emerged:
Despite substantive access to scientific information, the lack of systemic and localised assessments, feasibility measures, and monitoring, reporting, and evaluation (MRE) constitute considerable knowledge gaps that impede the implementation of tailored and informed strategies;
As planners are eager to adopt hybrid and dynamic strategies, the institutional, financial, scientific, and socio-cultural conditions need to be adjusted accordingly;
Improving stakeholder engagement throughout the entire adaptation process is a prerequisite that necessitates additional efforts to ensure fair, effective, and long-term participation.
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2344
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NWPTypeOfKnowledge:
Technical document/report
NWPCountryItem:
Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, United Kingdom
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Title:
Joint Nature Conservation Committee
ID:
29313
Created:
22/06/2022 12:16
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Global; Local; National; Regional; Subregional; Transboundary
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22/06/2022 12:16
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crmmocservices
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Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Climate observations; Climate scenarios; Communication and outreach/awareness; Education and training; Impact assessment; Institutional arrangements; Knowledge management; Monitoring and evaluation/M&E; Science and research; Socio-economic data and information; Stakeholder involvement; Technology support; Vulnerability assessment
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Adaptation finance; Agriculture; Biodiversity; Coastal areas/zones; Community-based adaptation; Disaster risk reduction; Ecosystem-based adaptation; Ecosystems
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JNCC is a public body that advises the UK Government and devolved administrations on UK-wide and international nature conservation. Our work involves improving understanding of the impacts of climate change, both on biodiversity and the benefits and services it provides. We undertake analyses and evaluations to identify and test approaches to adapting to, and mitigating, climate change impacts, and the costs and benefits of such actions. JNCC’s work includes: - Evaluating the benefits of biodiversity for mitigating climate change. - Advising on Nature-based Solutions to mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change - Applying earth observation expertise to inform decisions affecting the environment, including assessing habitat condition, and providing facilities to support the 'big data'’ analysis needed to detect change - Assessing the economic and social value of the terrestrial and marine natural environment, and identifying priority natural capital assets and metrics - Developing scientific knowledge to understand the impact of climate change on vulnerable ecosystems - Informing policy development by understanding the consequences of climate change on biodiversity - Collaborating and guide future research to address knowledge gaps and safeguard biodiversity. More broadly, JNCC provides scientific and technical advice to the UK Government, its Devolved Administrations and the UK country nature conservation bodies on UK-wide and international nature conservation, including the interpretation, application and implementation of Multilateral Environmental Agreements.
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https://jncc.gov.uk/evaluating/climate-change/, https://jncc.gov.uk/evaluating/climate-change/
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Title:
Climate Change Impacts on Ecoregions in the Kangchenjunga Landscape of India, Bhutan, and Nepal
ID:
29312
Created:
17/06/2022 17:26
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Case study
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The key lessons learned include:
Local, on-the-ground partners are essential for scoping project aims and providing context for study areas;
When possible, project participants should travel to study areas so as to maximize contextual understanding. However, travel was not possible during the course of this study due to the COVID-19 pandemic;
Co-creation with local organizations is crucial. ICIMOD engages with a diverse number of partners and subject matter across sectors within the Hindu-Kush Himalaya (HKH) subregion, and thus is a leader in knowledge production and dissemination in the HKH region. This study greatly benefited from their expertise and input;
Narrow scopes are useful and necessary to meet short timelines. However, additional work is needed to synthesize results to holistically address knowledge gaps. Thus, knowledge development should be ongoing and iterative.
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Civil society
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Due to the lack of methodologies for connecting climate change trends to impacts on forest, biodiversity, and ecosystem services, a GIS-based environmental stratification model was developed and captured in Python code to both identify current ecoregions in the Kangchenjunga Landscape (KL) and project future ecoregion distributions in the KL under two Shared Socioeconomic Pathway (SSP) scenarios. The steps of the model are described in an ArcGIS Story Map and all code is accessible on GitHub.
The model found that by the year 2100, high-elevation ecoregions (3,000m - 8,586m) will either shrink or shift to higher elevations, mid-elevation ecoregions (500m - 3,000m) will expand, and low-elevation ecoregions (0m - 500m) will shrink substantially. The researchers assessed how these shifting ecoregions may impact the ability of protected areas to conserve umbrella species (i.e., snow leopard, red panda, Asian elephant, tiger) and ecosystem services as exemplified by the Rhododendron genus.
The analysis found that suitable ecoregion area for each of these species will generally increase within protected area boundaries under both SSP scenarios. However, the realized use of suitable ecoregion area by the respective species depends on habitat connectivity, migration ability, and lack of habitat degradation. Given that this research exists within complex socio-ecological systems, the study also generated a conceptual framework for considering additional drivers of change, data inputs, and impact assessment techniques for developing comprehensive management plans and policies that promote both ecosystem and human well-being and resilience.
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University of Michigan
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NWPGeographicRegion:
Asia
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Subregional; Transboundary
NWPOutputs:
Country:
India, Bhutan, Nepal
Target group:
Academics and scientists; Policy makers; Practitioners
Modified:
20/06/2022 15:38
Modified By:
Lilian Daphine Lunyolo
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You may access the following resources for further learning:
Full Report
:
https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/172211
Story Map
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https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/2bce8dd7f5f6421ca7a7a9a57689a3ac
GitHubCode
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https://github.com/lspero0/masters_project_code
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Adaptation planning and practices; Climate scenarios; Impact assessment; Science and research
Adaptation sector/theme:
Ecosystems; Biodiversity; Ecosystem-based adaptation; Services
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crmmocservices
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Climate change is causing ecoregions to shift in the Hindu Kush Himalayas, threatening both ecosystem services and biodiversity in the region. As these ecoregions shift, important ecological processes may be disrupted and species ranges may begin to move outside the protected areas that were designed to conserve them. Although transboundary landscape initiatives and adaptive management strategies exist in the HKH to mitigate these negative impacts, researchers and practitioners need methods to project how ecoregions may shift in response to the evolving conditions of climate change.
Zomer et al. (2014) present one such method, whereby projected climate data is used to predict ecoregion distributions based on an environmental stratification method. This method was adapted to help address the priority knowledge gap identified by the Lima Adaptation Knowledge Initiative (LAKI) on the lack of methodologies and tools to quantify the impact of climate change on ecosystem services, biodiversity, and forests in HKH subregion.
This aim was accomplished through the following steps:
modeling ecoregion shifts in the transboundary Kangchenjunga Landscape of the HKH under two Shared Socioeconomic Pathway (SSP) projected climate scenarios;
increasing the transparency, replicability, and accessibility of the modeling process by providing shareable code;
examining how these projected ecoregion shifts may impact biodiversity and ecosystem services in HKH protected areas.
Researchers, academics, and practitioners can iterate, expand, and modify this method to inform management plans that protect species, people, and ecosystems from the threat of climate change.
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Title:
Innovative Approaches for Strengthening Coastal and Ocean Adaptation
ID:
29306
Created:
13/06/2022 12:06
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Civil society
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NWPPartner:
International Union for Conservation of Nature
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NWPGeographicRegion:
Africa; Asia; Caribbean and Central America; Europe; North America; Pacific/Oceania; Polar regions; South America
NWPGeographicScope:
Global
NWPOutputs:
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Target group:
Communities; Policy makers; Practitioners
Modified:
14/06/2022 20:29
Modified By:
Brian Mayanja
NWPReferences:
https://unfccc.int/ttclear/coastalzones/#brief14
Adaptation element:
Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Vulnerability assessment
Adaptation sector/theme:
Water resources; Ecosystems; Coastal areas/zones; Ecosystem-based adaptation; Community-based adaptation; Disaster risk reduction; Infrastructure; Indigenous and traditional knowledge
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crmmocservices
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Innovative climate adaptation approaches that integrate both technology and nature-based solutions offer the potential to be more robust, comprehensive, and cost-effective than either solution alone.
This policy brief provides an overview of the value of integrated adaptation solutions and the challenges and opportunities to increasing their uptake and scaling, including through interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral approaches based on:
Partnerships;
Supportive policy and regulatory frameworks;
Sustained, innovative and accessible financing;
Use of evidence-based targets.
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Policy brief
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Global
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Title:
NWP briefing paper on biodiversity and climate change adaptation: the role of forest and grassland ecosystems
ID:
29309
Created:
14/06/2022 15:46
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Knowledge Resource
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Civil society
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NWPPartner:
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change secretariat
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NWPGeographicRegion:
Africa; Asia; Caribbean and Central America; Europe; North America; Pacific/Oceania; Polar regions; South America
NWPGeographicScope:
Global
NWPOutputs:
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Target group:
Academics and scientists; Communities; Policy makers; Practitioners; Private sector
Modified:
14/06/2022 20:22
Modified By:
Brian Mayanja
NWPReferences:
https://www4.unfccc.int/sites/NWPStaging/Pages/Search.aspx
Adaptation element:
Adaptation planning and practices; Education and training; Knowledge management; Science and research; Stakeholder involvement
Adaptation sector/theme:
Food security; Ecosystems; Biodiversity; Ecosystem-based adaptation; Community-based adaptation; Indigenous and traditional knowledge
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Increasing temperatures; Land and forest degradation; Loss of biodiversity
Created By:
crmmocservices
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This briefing paper summarizes knowledge gaps in integrating forest and grassland biodiversity and ecosystems into adaptation strategies. As part of thematic work under the Nairobi Work Programme, the secretariat collaborated with an expert group on biodiversity and adaptation to:
Articulate the role of biodiversity and ecosystems in adaptation strategies, and identify challenges, including knowledge gaps, in relation to integrating biodiversity and ecosystems into adaptation strategies;
Discuss approaches and strategies needed to address gaps and challenges, including examples of good practices in integrating biodiversity and ecosystems into adaptation strategies (focusing on forest and grassland ecosystems), through case studies;
Identify a specific set of actions that the expert group can co-design and deliver to address the knowledge gaps.
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Technical document/report
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Worldwide
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Title:
Enhancing resilience of oceans, coastal areas and ecosystems through collaborative partnerships
ID:
29310
Created:
14/06/2022 15:46
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Knowledge Resource
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Civil society
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NWPPartner:
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change secretariat
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NWPGeographicRegion:
Africa; Asia; Caribbean and Central America; Europe; North America; Pacific/Oceania; Polar regions; South America
NWPGeographicScope:
Global; Local; National; Regional; Subregional; Transboundary
NWPOutputs:
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Target group:
Academics and scientists; Communities; Policy makers; Practitioners; Private sector
Modified:
14/06/2022 20:08
Modified By:
Brian Mayanja
NWPReferences:
https://unfccc.int/documents/307871
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Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Education and training; Science and research; Stakeholder involvement
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Coastal areas/zones; Ecosystem-based adaptation; Community-based adaptation; Human settlements; Urban resilience
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crmmocservices
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This report aims to strengthen understanding of the adaptation knowledge needs of countries as they relate to the ocean; curate and share knowledge; and outline actions to address knowledge gaps. This report is part of work under the Nairobi Work Programme (NWP) in collaboration with an expert group on oceans, aiming to assist Parties in building resilience of oceans, coastal areas and ecosystems.
The report also offers an overview of collaborative actions across the following thematic areas:
Governance and participation: coordinate and strengthen approaches;
Data and methods: ensure availability of data and facilitate access to robust data and methods;
Protection and restoration: provide a collective, long-term and inclusive approach;
Facilitate support for: capacity-building and education; technology and innovation; finance and funding.
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Technical document/report
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Worldwide
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https://process.unfccc.int/sites/NWPStaging/Pages/Search.aspx
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Title:
Climate Information Platform (CIP)
ID:
29311
Created:
14/06/2022 15:46
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Tool
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Civil society
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NWPPartner:
World Meteorological Organization
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Africa; Asia; Caribbean and Central America; Europe; North America; Pacific/Oceania; Polar regions; South America
NWPGeographicScope:
Global; Local; Regional; Subregional
NWPOutputs:
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Target group:
Academics and scientists; Communities; Policy makers; Practitioners; Private sector
Modified:
14/06/2022 15:46
Modified By:
crmmocservices
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Adaptation element:
Adaptation planning and practices; Climate observations; Climate scenarios; Communication and outreach/awareness; Education and training; Impact assessment; Knowledge management; Science and research; Vulnerability assessment
Adaptation sector/theme:
Agriculture; Coastal areas/zones; Disaster risk reduction; Energy; Food security; Health; Human settlements; Infrastructure; Services; Tourism; Urban resilience; Water resources
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crmmocservices
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This service provides: Instant summary reports of climate change for any site on the globe. Easy access to many pre-calculated climate indicators, based on state-of-the-art in climate science, of the past, present and future. Guidance on how to link global changes to local observations.
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2361
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Technical document/report
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Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) in cooperation with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) and GCF
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Title:
A Scoping Paper on knowledge gaps in integrating forest and grassland biodiversity and ecosystems into adaptation strategies
ID:
29308
Created:
14/06/2022 15:46
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Knowledge Resource
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NWPTypeOfOrganization:
Civil society
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NWPPartner:
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change secretariat
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NWPGeographicRegion:
Africa; Asia; Caribbean and Central America; Europe; North America; Pacific/Oceania; Polar regions; South America
NWPGeographicScope:
Global
NWPOutputs:
Country:
Target group:
Academics and scientists; Communities; Policy makers; Practitioners; Private sector
Modified:
14/06/2022 15:46
Modified By:
crmmocservices
NWPReferences:
https://www4.unfccc.int/sites/NWPStaging/Pages/Search.aspx
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Adaptation planning and practices; Knowledge management; Science and research
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Ecosystems; Biodiversity; Ecosystem-based adaptation
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crmmocservices
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This paper is intended for Parties to the UNFCCC and non-State actors. Its purpose is to stimulate discussion and translate knowledge into action with a view to integrating the biodiversity and ecosystems of forests and grasslands into adaptation strategies. The scope of the paper includes the identification of adaptation knowledge gaps at the local, subnational, national, regional and global level.
The findings from this paper serve as an input to the 14th NWP Focal Point Forum, to be held in conjunction with COP 26. The Forum provides an interactive space for Parties, NWP partner organizations and thematic experts to exchange views and insights on thematic areas, knowledge gaps and action needed at different levels.
The secretariat collaborated with an expert group on biodiversity and adaptation to:
Review the role of biodiversity and ecosystems in adaptation strategies, including communitybased, ecosystem-based and hybrid approaches;
Identify knowledge gaps and needs regarding the integration of biodiversity and ecosystems into adaptation. To align with the mandate of the NWP, this work focuses on forest and grassland ecosystems. The analysis draws on examples from different countries and regions, including the LDCs, small island developing States and African countries;
Discuss approaches and strategies for addressing knowledge gaps, including discussion of good practices (through case studies) of where and how biodiversity has been integrated into adaptation strategies at various scales.
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2358
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Educational/training material
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Worldwide
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Title:
Project Drawdown- Drawdown Lift
ID:
29307
Created:
13/06/2022 13:26
NWPInformationType:
NWP Partner profile
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Research institution
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Global; Regional
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Modified:
13/06/2022 13:36
Modified By:
Stefan Dierks
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Adaptation element:
Capacity building; Communication and outreach/awareness; Education and training; Knowledge management; Science and research; Stakeholder involvement
Adaptation sector/theme:
Agriculture; Food security; Ecosystems; Biodiversity; Coastal areas/zones; Health; Ecosystem-based adaptation; Community-based adaptation; Disaster risk reduction; Energy; Gender; Indigenous and traditional knowledge
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crmmocservices
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Our mission is to help the world reach “drawdown”—the point in the future when levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere stop climbing and start to steadily decline, thereby stopping catastrophic climate change—as quickly, safely, and equitably as possible. Drawdown Lift works to deepen collective understanding of the links between climate change solutions and poverty alleviation, particularly in low- and middle-income countries in Africa and South Asia. The Lift team seeks to help address both extreme poverty and climate change by collaboratively identifying, promoting, and advancing solutions designed to catalyze positive, equitable change. Though research in interconnected, overlapping areas of concern—reducing poverty and addressing climate impacts—should go together, work often exists in silos. Drawdown Lift works to break down disciplinary walls and find solutions that can address climate change and extreme poverty and lead to enhanced human well-being around the world. Drawdown Lift works alongside academic researchers, practitioners, and changemakers interested in achieving evidence-based, high-impact poverty alleviation and climate solutions worldwide.
Project Drawdown’s work continues to highlight climate solutions that directly benefit human well-being—including Health and Education, Improved Clean Cookstoves, Indigenous Peoples’ Forest Tenure, Sustainable Intensification for Smallholders, and more. Drawdown Lift spotlights drawdown solutions and explores linkages among these solutions and their potential to improve lives and advance evidence of the nexus among climate mitigation solutions, poverty alleviation, and human well-being.
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https://www.drawdown.org/drawdown-lift
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Title:
Orito Ingi Ande Medicinal Plants Sanctuary
ID:
23195
Created:
21/04/2016 10:38
NWPInformationType:
Case study
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EbA
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The protected area, designated in 2008, is jointly managed by indigenous communities, traditional authorities, and several government biological and cultural conservation institutions. The sanctuary covers 10,200 ha of tropical rainforests and Andean forests ranging from between 700 and 3,300 metres above sea level. With several diseases such as malaria already increasing in some countries due to climate change, the protected area helps maintain the essential ecosystem services that enable people to adapt to changing conditions, such as the incidence of disease. The protected area also helps to maintain the integrity of the Andean and Amazonian ecosystems, which provide other essential services, including drinking water.
NWPPartner:
Government of Colombia
Scope of work:
NWPGeographicRegion:
South America
NWPGeographicScope:
National
NWPOutputs:
Country:
Colombia
Target group:
Modified:
17/05/2022 16:50
Modified By:
Stefan Dierks
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Adaptation element:
Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building
Adaptation sector/theme:
Agriculture; Ecosystems; Ecosystem-based adaptation
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Created By:
Roberto Felix
Description:
Colombia is one of many countries relying on locally collected traditional medicines as a major resource for meeting primary health care needs. With climate change expected to increase the incidence of many diseases, the project aimed to ensure the continued provision of forest natural resources to help people cope with such impacts, through creation of a protected area specifically to preserve medicinal flora.
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Title:
Approaching the 2030 Agenda from a Hydrological Cycle-based Perspective
ID:
28689
Created:
30/10/2018 12:40
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NWPDataSource:
Partner portal
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Non-governmental organization (NGO)
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NWPGeographicScope:
Global
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Modified:
17/05/2022 16:35
Modified By:
Stefan Dierks
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Adaptation element:
Adaptation planning and practices
Adaptation sector/theme:
Water resources; Ecosystems
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Type of knowledge resource:
Technical document/report
Scale of work:
Global
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Created By:
Laura Kavanaugh
Description:
This document identifies the global water cycle as an integral part of the Earth/climate system and explores the interconnectedness between climate, the hydrological cycle and the Sustainable Development Goals. Within 'Transforming our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development' it clearly states that climate change is a major challenge, which could potentially undermine all sustainable development: “Understanding that climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time and its adverse impacts undermine the ability of all countries to achieve sustainable development." This indicates that addressing the causes of human-induced climate change is critical for the realisation of sustainable development and that it is essential to include this, in order to identify the interactions between the Sustainable Development Goals and their Targets.
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Title:
Boosting crop yield for every drop of water
ID:
24098
Created:
21/04/2016 11:46
NWPInformationType:
Case study
NWPDataSource:
PSI
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Private sector
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The water optimizing solutions help growers to grow more crops per unit of water, while reducing crop stress during dry weather spells and during gaps in rainfall. For instance, field trials from the USA showed that Agrisure Artesian hybrid corn in combination with crop enhancement products, insect and weed management practices maximized yields when it rains, and increased yields up to 15% when it rains less. Further, the hybrid corn had provided greater yield stability in drought conditions or in fields with variable soil type and water holding capacities when compared to “non-hybrid” corn.
To sum up, the water optimizing solutions offer proven season long drought protection and maximizes yield in any of the following environment:
Yield stability with higher percentage of available water converted into grain;
Under normal conditions no yield drag, in-fact maximized yield;
Under stress conditions greater yield than non-solution offers; and
Higher farm profitability.
NWPPartner:
Syngenta AG
Scope of work:
NWPGeographicRegion:
Africa; Asia; Caribbean and Central America; North America; South America
NWPGeographicScope:
Global; National
NWPOutputs:
Country:
All
Target group:
Communities; Policy makers; Practitioners
Modified:
17/05/2022 16:35
Modified By:
Nicholas Hamp-Adams
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Adaptation element:
Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Education and training; Financial support; Knowledge management; Science and research; Technology support
Adaptation sector/theme:
Agriculture; Food security; Water resources; Biodiversity; Disaster risk reduction
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Created By:
Roberto Felix
Description:
Syngenta addresses climate change in agriculture sector by focusing on optimizing natural resource use efficiency – grow more from less. Water being an essential resource for agriculture, therefore finding ways and means to maximize water use efficiency is a top priority for the company.
Syngenta water optimizing portfolio includes:
Drought tolerant seeds, such as Agrisure Artesian™ technology - with its range of high-performance, water-optimized corn hybrids; offer growers a new level of season-long drought protection;
Best farm management practices, such as integrated insect control, minimum tillage, crop rotations, cover cropping and others; enable growers to improve farm productivity;
Crop protection products, such as herbicides, insecticides and fungicides; provide early season weed control in order to maximize crop yield potential right from the start by eliminating weed competition for water use and protecting crops from diseases and insects;
Crop enhancement tools, such as seed treatment and certain growth regulating fungicides; improve crop’s responses to abiotic stresses and play a key role in improving water use efficiency by protecting seeds and plant saplings from pests and microorganisms;
Farm extension services, such as incremental crop insurance, yield assurance, farmers education and training; and
Safe guard growers against agronomic and weather challenges and enhance farm level capacity building to deal with bad weather.
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The protective capacity of forests against snow avalanches
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23219
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21/04/2016 10:39
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Case study
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The economic benefits of ecosystem services are increasingly being quantified due to their impacts on hazard risk reduction. In Switzerland, for example, the benefits of protected forests are estimated between USD 2 to 3.5 billion per year.
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17 percent of Swiss forests in the Alpine region are managed mainly for their protective function. By emphasizing the role of forests in disaster prevention within the Swiss forest policy at federal and local levels, the Government has prioritized certain ecosystem services at the expense of others (e.g. timber production).
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Europe
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National
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Switzerland
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Modified:
16/05/2022 19:04
Modified By:
Nicholas Hamp-Adams
NWPReferences:
ProAct Network (2008). The Role of Environmental Management and eco-engineering in Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation:
https://www.unisdr.org/files/4148_em.report.annex1.pdf
Dudley et al (2010); Natural Solutions: Protected areas helping people cope with climate change, IUCN, WCPA, TNC, UNDP, WCS, The World Bank and WWF, Gland, Switzerland, Washington DC and New York, USA:
https://www.iucn.org/content/natural-solutions-protected-areas-helping-people-cope-climate-change
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Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building
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Agriculture; Ecosystems; Biodiversity; Ecosystem-based adaptation
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For many years, Switzerland has recognised the protective function of the forests in reducing the risk to people from avalanches and landslides, and designed management practices to enhance the resilience of the forests. With the effects of climate change in the European Alps expected to include increased erosion, landslides, avalanches, and flooding, the forests are expected to play an ongoing role in disaster prevention in the region.
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Community-based fire management in Australia
ID:
23220
Created:
21/04/2016 10:39
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The outcomes achieved by the West Arnhem Fire project have potential application across fire-prone tropical Australia and other fire-prone savannas of the tropics. Fire management provides co-benefits, including climate change mitigation and economic benefits through employment. However, it requires repeated annual implementation in order to be successful.
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Limiting wildfires in this way prevents the degradation of different plant communities and helps conserve environmental and cultural values in Arnhem Land. Greenhouse gas emissions are also reduced as studies have shown that early dry season fires emit less greenhouse gases per area affected than the more intense, late dry season fires. A partnership with the owners of a nearby Liquefied Natural Gas plant provides around US$1 million to the Aboriginal Traditional Owners of Western Arnhem Land to implement the annual prescribed burning, to offset an estimated 100,000 tonnes of CO2-equivalent per year.
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Northern Territory Government, Australia
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Pacific/Oceania
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Australia
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Modified:
16/05/2022 18:52
Modified By:
Nicholas Hamp-Adams
NWPReferences:
ProAct Network 2008. The Role of Environmental Management and eco-engineering in Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation:
https://www.unisdr.org/files/4148_em.report.annex1.pdf
Colls, A., Ash, N. and Ikkala, N (2009). Ecosystem-based Adaptation: a natural response to climate change. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN:
https://www.iucn.org/content/ecosystem-based-adaptation-a-natural-response-climate-change
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Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building
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Agriculture; Ecosystems; Biodiversity; Ecosystem-based adaptation
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West Arnhem Land is a remote, tropical savanna region in Australia’s Northern Territory. Wildfires play an important role in the management of the ecosystem, although uncontrolled wildfires are a risk to adjacent land managers and globally significant rock art sites, and can threaten ecosystems, overwhelming their adaptive defences. Climate change impacts are expected to increase the size, intensity, and frequency of wildfires in Australia, and extend the fire season. The intervention involves prescribed fire management to avoid seasonally occurring disastrous wildfires, in partnership with the local Aboriginal people who manage parts of Arnhem Land in this way, resulting in a low incidence of devastating wildfires.
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Community Based Forestry and Livelihoods in the Context of Climate Change Adaptation
ID:
25530
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13/05/2016 12:08
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Case study
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Local, indigenous and traditional knowledge
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The consequences of climate change have caused an increase in extreme climatic events such as floods drought, erratic rainfall, and cyclone among others. These have further negative implications on water availability, agricultural production, and food security in the context of project research sites. The agrarian households that depended on the agriculture sector for their livelihoods are vulnerable to the impact of climate change. To adapt to extreme events, communities adopted measures to manage resources, harness opportunity from technology, and practices traditional and indigenous knowledge. The role of government and external agencies has been found to be vital for empowering local people and strengthening local institutions in process of adapting to climate change.
A few key findings and outcomes from some of the individual case studies are highlighted below:
Bangladesh
In Bangladesh, the study revealed that the increasing trend of climate change particularly temperature and erratic rainfall patterns, and anthropogenic activities (like deforestation) could be the reasons for decreasing the natural resources, particularly forests. The community people have taken some adaptation measures like changing the planting time, using new technologies, etc. However, the community strongly opined that the concerned authorities should take appropriate measures like construction of water reservoirs, afforestation through community approach/partnership, development of pest and disease resistant variety, etc. These might have positive benefits to combat the impacts of climate change to a considerable extent and creating their better livelihood opportunities.
Nepal
In Nepal, rural communities are highly dependent on forest products for their livelihood. The effect of climate change can be seen in the form of less forest product availability for harvesting. Institutions play a vital role in climate change adaptation and enhance the capacity of local people to cope with the extremes. The success of all the adaptation practices depends on the arrangement of institutions and performance. Even the government also recognized the role of local communities in designing and implementing an ecosystem-based adaptation approach.
Thailand
In Thailand, it has been realized that the climate is changing and this has had an impact on the cropping system, water availability, and traditional harvesting pattern from the forest. Direct impacts from changing climate on crop yield and natural resources are still not noticed well but reported that such impacts are difficult to distinguish from effects due to deforestation and land-use change. Local wisdom and traditional knowledge could be useful to help to respond to environmental changes. However, this has been lost by the introduction of modern technology in some cases. Local research to compile and conserve traditional wisdom is critical for the community and province to strengthen their capacity to adapt and respond to future environmental impacts, including climate change.
Vietnam
In Vietnam, in order to adapt to climate change, local people have been changing their agriculture activities, number of livestock rearing, cultivation techniques, crop composition, vaccination, pest and disease prevention measurement and apply new techniques. Most of the adaptation activities of local people toward climate change are from their own experiences or learning from their individual practices. There were no any programmes from the government/local authorities to help local people to adapt to climate change. The focus of the government in the coastal area where the impacts of the climate changes are much more serious.
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The major outputs from the project were:
Documented traditional knowledge of rural people in relation to climate change adaptation, which will contribute to policy development based on the context of individual project partner countries.
A training manual on climate change and adaptation (in Nepali) has been published for the climate change trainer to help them train rural villagers, community forest users, farmers, teachers, and students.
A special edition of the peer-reviewed Journal of Forestry and Livelihood on climate change adaption has been published including four papers from current APN research and other four papers from different scientists (SEE
https://forestaction.org
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Asia
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National
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Communities; Policy makers; Practitioners
Modified:
16/05/2022 18:29
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Nicholas Hamp-Adams
NWPReferences:
Paudel, N. S., Khatri, D. B., Ojha, H., Karki, R., & Gurung, N. (2013). Integrating Climate Change Adaptation with Local Development: Exploring Institutional Options. Journal of Forest and Livelihood, 11(1), 1–13. Retrieved from:
https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JFL/article/view/8606
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Adaptation planning and practices; Communication and outreach/awareness; Education and training; Institutional arrangements; Socio-economic data and information
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Agriculture; Food security; Biodiversity; Ecosystem-based adaptation
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This project was undertaken in the rural agrarian villages dependent on the forest resources of Bangladesh, Nepal, Thailand, and Viet Nam, with a view to understanding and documenting the trend of climate change as well as the adaptation measures to cope with the adverse situations that might arise in the near future. The study was accomplished through an intensive survey of households in each country and analyses of long-term (nearly 30 years) meteorological databases.
The results exhibited that resources, particularly natural resources and agriculture has been either reduced or experienced pattern changes. Increasing trends of climate change along with anthropogenic activities are the main reasons for the decreasing natural resources and livelihood options of the communities. The results of the analysis of the long-term climatic database particularly the changing trend of temperature and rainfall has been strongly supported by perceptions/opinions of the community people.
In the face of challenges of climate change and livelihoods, communities have strongly suggested undertaking some new adaptation measures such as the construction of water reservoirs, strengthening aforestation programmes through community approaches, development of strong institutional mechanisms, the introduction of pest- and disease-resistant varieties, supply of high-quality planting materials, etc., for conservation of resources and their better livelihoods, which need strong public and private support.
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Maintenance of hydropower potential in Rwanda through ecosystem restoration
ID:
23190
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21/04/2016 10:38
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The factors leading to Rwanda’s 2004 electricity crisis and the multiple actions taken by the government in response offer a number of lessons for energy security and for adaptation decision making.
One of these lessons is the value of an integrated approach to solving complex problems. Restoring the Rugezi-Bulera-Ruhondo watershed required interlinked efforts to address ecological, social, economic, and cultural issues, which were complemented by the electricity sector’s efforts to improve its performance and management. The cooperation of ministries and actors on the national, district, and local levels also was important.
Although Rwanda’s policies and actions were not explicitly designed to do so, improving the health and function of the Rugezi-Bulera-Ruhondo watershed should make the country more resilient to climate change. Land use management practices that minimize soil erosion and protect sensitive ecosystems often are critical to reducing vulnerability to climate shocks and stresses.
Finally, this case study points to the potential for trade-offs between short- and long-term adaptation goals, as well as the need for intermediary measures to mitigate adverse short-term impacts on local populations.
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The combination of integrated policy interventions and measures taken to restore the wetlands resulted in the return of the hydropower station to full operational capacity. The restoration of the wetlands provided alternative livelihood options, including fishing, which had been lost due to the degradation of the ecosystem. Activities to support local communities to changing water regimes, and helping to diversify livelihoods, have increased the resiliency of people climatic changes.
The impact of efforts to restore the Rugezi-Bulera-Ruhondo watershed on the local population is a more difficult question. Initially, many local livelihoods were adversely affected as households lost access to the land for cultivation. Since this time, however, the restoration efforts appear to have started to provide some benefits. Radical terracing and agroforestry activities have increased crop productivity; grasses planted on managed terraces and lake banks are providing fodder for livestock; flora and fauna have increased in the Rugezi wetlands; and ecotourists are now visiting the area. The full consequences of the watershed restoration efforts on local people will only become clear over time.
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Government of Rwanda
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Africa
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Rwanda
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Modified:
16/05/2022 18:11
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Nicholas Hamp-Adams
NWPReferences:
WRI 2011: World Resources Report Case Study. World Resources Report 2010-2011, Washington DC:
https://www.wri.org/research/world-resources-report-2010-2011
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Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building
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Water resources; Ecosystems; Ecosystem-based adaptation
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In the area of northern Rwanda, surrounding the Rugezi wetlands, high dependence on agricultural activities for livelihoods, as well as the forests to supply wood fuel, contributed to land degradation within the watershed. In 2003-04, Rwanda experienced a major electricity—and as a result, economic—crisis. This was attributed to water shortages in the main reservoir supplying the generating stations, due to degradation and poor management of the surrounding watersheds, reduced rainfall, and additional factors including poor maintenance of the infrastructure.
Given uncertainty surrounding the predicted impacts on the climate as a result of climate change, a programme of activities to restore the degraded Rugezi-Bulera-Ruhondo watershed was initiated. This aimed to build resiliency into the hydroelectric system to enable it to adapt to either future increases or decreases in precipitation in the future.
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Title:
More resilient fibers to replace cotton
ID:
24077
Created:
21/04/2016 11:45
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Case study
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Private sector
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Naturally Advanced Technologies Inc.
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NWPGeographicRegion:
North America
NWPGeographicScope:
Global
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Canada
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Modified:
16/05/2022 17:41
Modified By:
Nicholas Hamp-Adams
NWPReferences:
Turn Climate Change Risk Into Business Opportunity (WRI Insights):
http://www.wri.org/blog/2011/07/turn-climate-change-risk-business-opportunity
Adaptation element:
Science and research; Technology support
Adaptation sector/theme:
Agriculture; Food security; Biodiversity
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The dramatic price surges in cotton or sugar demonstrate how climate instability contributes to market risks. Prices for such commodities hit 30-year highs in 2011, as drought ravaged cotton crops in Texas, and floods and a cyclone inundated sugarcane in Australia.
These price shocks reverberate throughout the supply chains of interdependent global markets, sending costs higher for companies such as Levi Strauss & Co. and Hanesbrands Inc., which rely heavily on cotton.
Naturally Advanced Technologies Inc. (NAT), based in Vancouver, British Colombia, is committed to unlocking the potential of renewable and environmentally sustainable biomass resources from flax, hemp and other bast fibers.
NAT, through its wholly owned subsidiary CRAiLAR® Fiber Technologies Inc. and in collaboration with Canada's National Research Council and Alberta Innovates - Technologies Futures, has developed proprietary technology to process bast fibers such as flax and hemp, cellulose pulp, and the resulting by-products. CRAiLAR® technology offers a cost-effective, environmentally sustainable processing solution expected to result in products with increased performance characteristics applicable to the textile, energy, composite materials, and auto, marine and aerospace industries.
NAT is partnering with major cotton customers to demonstrate that these cheaper, more resilient fibers can better withstand climate variability and are viable replacements for cotton.
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InfraWeather
ID:
24062
Created:
21/04/2016 11:45
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An important benefit of tailored weather warning systems for railways infrastructure managers is the increased prewarning time for different kinds of natural hazards which can be used for better preparation and more efficient response. Another aspect is improved management of personnel and machinery. Personnel costs can be saved by optimising disposition well in advance and by means of predefined response plans. Costs can also be saved on equipment rental since it is the more expensive the shorter the notice. Further cost savings can be achieved due to shorter durations of speed restrictions and line closures since warnings and following clearances can be timed and localised much more accurately.
Since situations in the future which are similar to those already experienced in the past can be handled more efficiently, the planning options for response measures to severe weather events are significantly improved over time. This capacity building process should be actively managed.
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Austrian Federal Railways
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Europe
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Austria
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Modified:
16/05/2022 17:07
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Nicholas Hamp-Adams
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ARISCC Final Report:
http://www.ariscc.org/index4411.html?id=37
Find the case study summary here:
https://unfccc.int/files/adaptation/application/pdf/obb.pdf
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Impact assessment; Science and research
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Disaster risk reduction; Infrastructure; Human settlements
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A dedicated weather information and weather warning system have been developed and implemented by ÖBB, Austria’s national rail service. Preparative work included the installation of additional weather stations for better spatial coverage, the development of regional meteorological models, GIS-based overlay of railway tracks and meteorological data as well as GIS-based delineation of flood risk.
The InfraWeather online portal gives access to general weather information, forecasts as well as weather warnings. A map shown on the user interface gives an overview of the Austrian railroad system with the most important weather information. With the new forecast models and radar techniques, weather extremes can be forecasted on a scale of 10 km, partly even lower. This is possible due to the definition of natural areas, as units with similar natural conditions. These are meteorological divides, crests, valleys, etc.
The forecast of floods integrates the water level of the rivers and the meteorological data so that the warnings can be sent 12 hours in advance. The snowfall forecast includes the amount of snowfall in the next 24 to 72 hours for each warning point. InfraWeather has a dedicated operational warning service, which provides also real-time severe weather warnings. Extreme weather events covered by the warning system are thunderstorms, flood events, and heavy snowfall. The forecast of disastrous thunderstorms is provided by using ‘nowcasting’ techniques, where the track of thunderstorms can be forecasted 20 - 60 minutes in advance.
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Title:
Reappraising "Normal" - Designing to Weather, Climate, and Climate Change
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24067
Created:
21/04/2016 11:45
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Rio Tinto concluded from these studies that regions in which it operates will experience changed climate regimes. In the near term the changes are minimal, but are expected to increase over the longer term. Consequent impacts to its businesses are likely to occur gradually, allowing time for operations to learn and adapt. The work also indicated that building and engineering codes and standards have been slow to incorporate climate change risks. The studies indicated that, properly applied, current standards would provide adequate protection to weather events and so major upgrades of existing structures would not be required in the short to medium term. Over the longer term, Rio Tinto’s exposure to climate risk is likely to vary by location. North American assets, for example, appear less vulnerable than those in the southern Hemisphere, where increased intensity of cyclones and drier conditions are both predicted.
This work is now being followed up with very detailed site assessments for many of Rio Tinto’s higher priority sites. The sites have been selected based on their remaining life, prospective developments and expansions, and their location in climate sensitive parts of the world. The assessments are underpinned by high resolution climate modeling (down to 20 kilometer by 20 kilometer grids), which are able to provide some indication of changes in cyclonic activity and topographic effects.
Rio Tinto has learned much about climate-related impacts. The chief issues are about water: either having too much (floods) or too little (drought). While Rio Tinto does not ascribe any individual weather event to climate change, it believes the more extreme events it experiences could occur more frequently. In addition, Rio Tinto is concerned with reports that climate change will induce deeper and/or more frequent droughts. Partly as a result, it has developed a strong water strategy to respond to various aspects of droughts and floods.
NWPPartner:
Rio Tinto
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Africa; Asia; Caribbean and Central America; Europe; North America; Pacific/Oceania; Polar regions; South America
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Country:
Australia
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Modified:
16/05/2022 16:27
Modified By:
Nicholas Hamp-Adams
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Case Studies and Tools: A Systematic Review of the Literature on Business Adaptation to Climate Change (Network for Business Sustainability):
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d51595e713bcb0001848959/t/5d6c73e97c793f0001c85980/1567388650602/NBS_ClimateChange_Concepts
_2009.pdf
Adapting to Climate Change: A Business Approach (Pew Center on Global Climate Change):
http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/reports/2008/04/16/adapting-to-climate-change-a-business-approach
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Impact assessment; Science and research
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Water resources; Disaster risk reduction
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Rio Tinto is a leading international mining group, whose major products include iron ore, aluminum, copper, diamonds, energy products, gold, and industrial minerals. Its activities span the world but are strongly represented in Australia, North America and Europe.
Rio Tinto’s chief climate change concerns are about water: either having too much (floods) or too little (drought). While Rio Tinto does not ascribe any individual weather event to climate change, it believes the more extreme events it experiences could occur more frequently. In addition, Rio Tinto is concerned with reports that climate change will induce deeper and/or more frequent droughts. Partly as a result, it has developed a strong water strategy to respond to various aspects of droughts and floods.
Rio Tinto’s interest in adaptation was first motivated by an internal climate change risk assessment undertaken in 2002. Rio Tinto was already engaged in climate change policy and emissions abatement work, and an evaluation of potential climate impacts seemed a natural extension. The company’s first adaptation study was a review using the IPCC’s Third Assessment Report (TAR), knowledge of Rio Tinto operations, and phone interviews with site managers to identify the types of climatic variables that would be important to Rio Tinto’s diverse businesses. The study looked at actual impacts of weather events and predicted climate changes described by the TAR. The order of magnitude scoping study concluded that— broadly defined— changes in climate could be important and should be considered more deeply.
Rio Tinto followed up with a second study that focused on the implications of climatic changes at a finer spatial detail using data provided by the Hadley Center for Climate Change in the UK. This study demonstrated how climate variables might change over the next 25 to 50 years in the geographic regions where Rio Tinto has mining interests, or relies on supporting infrastructure and services, such as electricity supply, water, shipping lanes, and roads.
Rio Tinto concluded from these studies that regions in which it operates will experience changed climate regimes. In the near term the changes are minimal, but are expected to increase over the longer term. Consequent impacts to its businesses are likely to occur gradually, allowing time for operations to learn and adapt.
Rio Tinto has also undertaken very detailed site assessments for many of its higher priority sites. The sites have been selected based on their remaining life, prospective developments and expansions, and their location in climate sensitive parts of the world. The assessments are underpinned by high-resolution climate modeling (down to 20 kilometer by 20 kilometer grids), which are able to provide some indication of changes in cyclonic activity and topographic effects.
Rio Tinto has experienced three headline weather events over the past few years in Australia (flooding and droughts) that have reinforced the need for the company’s adaptation work.
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Title:
An Ounce of Prevention - Linking the Interests of Homeowners, Businesses, and Insurance Providers
ID:
24075
Created:
21/04/2016 11:45
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Travelers has also introduced pricing strategies to encourage environmentally responsible behavior. This includes providing discounts on car insurance for drivers of hybrid-electric automobiles and enhanced coverage for owners of “green” commercial buildings. These products are designed to respond to the evolving needs of customers and also recognize the potential “halo effect” in which adopters of climate-change mitigation technologies are viewed as low-risk customers. While there is not yet enough data for clear actuarial support, Travelers’ internal market data indicates that there is a correlation between risk-averse and environmentally responsible behaviors. Thus, those who purchase a hybrid-electric car are also likely to be safer drivers. Similarly, owners or builders of energy-efficient or “green” buildings may be more likely to detect and remedy risk-related issues, such as the overall integrity of the building or the safety and maintenance of equipment and systems. Green buildings are also typically newer and less prone to the risks presented by older buildings.
Underlining all of Travelers’ actions on climate change is the notion that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. The company would much rather help its customers be prepared for events, thereby minimizing or avoiding potential losses, than have them suffer the monetary and non-monetary impact of a severe loss. Travelers recognizes that climate risks are evolving and the company is continuing to monitor and investigate these risks in order to proactively and appropriately adapt its products and services strategies to help its customers.
NWPPartner:
The Travelers Companies, Inc.
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Europe; North America
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Country:
United States of America
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Modified:
16/05/2022 16:10
Modified By:
Nicholas Hamp-Adams
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Adapting to Climate Change: A Business Approach (Pew Center on Global Climate Change):
http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/reports/2008/04/16/adapting-to-climate-change-a-business-approach
Adaptation element:
Education and training; Financial support; Impact assessment; Science and research
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Coastal areas/zones; Disaster risk reduction; Infrastructure; Human settlements
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Roberto Felix
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The Travelers Companies, Inc. is one of the largest providers of personal and commercial property and casualty insurance products in the United States, with headquarters in St. Paul, Minnesota, and representatives in every U.S. state, Canada, Ireland, and the U.K.
Travelers has consistently focused on the impact of changing climatic conditions in order to provide insurance protection that both addresses customer needs and achieves internal financial objectives. However, following the severe 2004 and 2005 Atlantic hurricane seasons, the company determined that a more cohesive and integrated approach to climate risk was needed. Travelers formed a number of new internal working groups and expanded the roles of existing groups to address exposure and risk associated with climate change.
Travelers is engaged in initiatives designed to reduce exposures to extreme weather events for itself and its customers. These actions include providing information and price incentives for insured parties to help mitigate personal and commercial losses due to extreme weather events, reassessing its exposure to risk because of changes in climate, and modifying pricing strategies and policy terms and conditions to reflect updated assessments of current and future risks.
Specific actions that Travelers has taken to adapt to climate change include:
Reassessing coastal underwriting practices.
The definition of coastal areas has been expanded to include counties farther inland than previously considered and contractual terms of coverage now include more sharing of responsibility for both households and businesses. In general, coastal customers now assume a greater share of risk than before, providing greater incentives for them to engage in loss control and adaptation activities.
Updating catastrophe modeling.
Travelers and other insurance companies utilize current modeling techniques to help predict and manage potential catastrophic losses. Estimates of losses in severe weather scenarios are rising due to the anticipation of more frequent and severe hurricanes, growth in coastal development, and rising costs to repair damaged property after a severe event.
Offering “Risk Control” services.
Travelers Risk Control Services Group provides assistance with a range of loss mitigation and adaptation techniques. These include monitoring building code standards and regulations in support of building resiliency, providing assistance in disaster preparedness planning, and delivering business continuity training.
Redesigning pricing.
Pricing strategies for commercial and personal customers take into account differences such as building age, construction, and loss mitigation efforts, which affect likely losses during extreme weather events due to changes in building codes over time. Travelers continues to evaluate and enhance its products through the development of incentives to homeowners and commercial customers who install storm resistant building components such as shutters or fortified roofs that are better able to withstand severe weather events.
Engaging in community and government outreach.
Travelers engages in industry and broad-based efforts to encourage disaster awareness and preparedness among homeowners and commercial customers. These efforts also focus on providing information to governmental organizations about the benefits of long-term loss mitigation strategies. These include the adoption and enforcement of more robust building codes, enhanced land-use planning, and hurricane preparedness.
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Bringing adaptive management to life: Insights from practice
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28766
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15/04/2019 12:19
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Partner portal
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Acclimatise
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Asia
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Local; National; Regional; Subregional
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Academics and scientists; Communities; Policy makers; Practitioners; Private sector
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16/05/2022 10:34
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Lilian Daphine Lunyolo
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Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Communication and outreach/awareness; Education and training; Institutional arrangements; Knowledge management; Socio-economic data and information; Stakeholder involvement
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Louis Pille-Schneider
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ACT (Action on Climate Today) is working to reduce the effects of climate change in South Asia. The initiative is funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and managed by Oxford Policy Management (OPM). South Asia is being seriously affected by climate change, and the impact will only get worse as time goes on. By 2050, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimates that higher temperatures and greater temperature extremes will hit the region.
Furthermore, rainfall is likely to become more erratic, with some areas receiving more than they do now and others suffering more frequent and serious droughts. Over the same period, the population of the region is expected to expand from 1.6 to 2.2 billion. Coupled with rapid economic growth and urbanization - and the effects of climate change - this will be a great challenge to governments seeking sustainable development for their citizens.
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Assessment of Suitable Flood Mitigation Measures in Tbilisi
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22/09/2020 09:25
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State of the art approaches and intensive analysis were used to understand the flood behaviour of Dukniskhevi River. In collaboration with the NDE of Georgia and the TA implementor (HYDROC GmbH), the CTCN TA contributed through:
Modelling of flooding scenarios (hydrological & hydraulic modelling and climate change impact assessment)
Mapping of flood hazard
Identification of adaptation and flood mitigation measures
Training for enhancing capacity of government officials and relevant stakeholders
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Climate Technology Centre and Network
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Europe
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Local
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Georgia
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Policy makers
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16/05/2022 10:02
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Lilian Daphine Lunyolo
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Technology support
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Water resources
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Flash floods and mudflows occurring on small rivers as a result of heavy rains impact various parts of Tbilisi, causing heavy damage and/or human casualties. Georgia requested the UN Climate Change Centre and Network (CTCN) for technical assistance in this regard in order to determine appropriate actions to prevent disastrous consequences of possible floods of the Dukniskhevi River within Tbilisi, as part of climate change adaptation.
The technical assistance involved technology transfer for flood hazard mapping, hydrological modelling, and flood forecasting. This was meant to advance the country’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) with an aim of improving the preparedness and adaptive capacity through developing climate-resilient practices that reduce the vulnerability of highly exposed communities.
Here, you will find a summary of the assistance entailed:
https://www.ctc-n.org/technical-assistance/projects/assessment-suitable-flood-mitigation-measures-tbilisi
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Pro-poor analysis of REDD+ activities in the Yucatan Peninsula
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The limitation of REDD+’s contribution to poverty alleviation in the Yucatan Peninsula is that it is not the local poor who are causing carbon emissions, but primarily better-off groups. Hence it is probable that compensation for reduced emissions will in the first instance target the less poor, thus increasing income gaps between the poor and better-off groups.
An initial condition to promote a pro-poor approach to benefit sharing is to involve vulnerable groups in this planning process. REDD+ interventions should include individuals, households, and collective groups.
Activities increasing the productivity of subsistence farming without increasing forest degradation could benefit a large number of the relatively poor.
Enhanced local management and governance would benefit all, including the poor.
Subsidies focusing on households (rather than collectively through representatives of local communities, as it is common practice in some programmes) and not requiring land rights (as is the case with many agricultural subsidies) can benefit poorer groups more effectively.
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The information generated can be used as “cross-reference” tools for the analysis and the design of pro-poor interventions that can be replicated and adapted to a specific condition. A pro-poor approach implies that REDD+ benefits flow to both the poorer and the better-off groups of rural areas. If REDD+ activities are to be pro-poor they would have to improve productivity, technology transfer, and access to markets for poorer groups. These actions will add economic value to sustainable practices allowing reinvestment and recapitalization.
The preparation of climate-effective land use plans can be particularly beneficial for the poor if they receive access to land, if collective parcels are defined or if they are included in economic activities.
The household is the smallest and most critical economic organizational unit in rural economies where decisions on how to allocate labor and other resources are made; it is also the primary institution and safety network in rural economies, particularly for the poor. It will be difficult for REDD+ to prevent long-term decapitalisation linked to land sales given its voluntary nature and large opportunity costs. Nevertheless, strengthening social capital at the household scale and financing sustainable development plans may reduce this process, particularly if REDD+ is able to promote the inclusion of social and environmental values and costs in supply chains and industries, the financial sector, and consumer behavior.
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International Union for Conservation of Nature
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North America
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Subregional
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Mexico
Target group:
Academics and scientists; Policy makers; Practitioners
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16/05/2022 09:10
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Lilian Daphine Lunyolo
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Balderas Torres, A., Skutsch, M. and de los Rios Ibarra, E. (2020). Pro-poor analysis of REDD+ activities in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Technical Series: Forest Governance and Economics, No. 8. San Jose, Costa Rica: IUCN and CIGA. xvii + 125pp. Available at:
https://portals.iucn.org/library/node/49249
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Adaptation planning and practices; Institutional arrangements; Knowledge management; Science and research; Stakeholder involvement
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Agriculture; Biodiversity
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The objective of this study is to evaluate the potential for pro-poor REDD+ benefit sharing in the region known as Yucatan Peninsula (comprising the states of Campeche, Quintana Roo and Yucatan) in Mexico, considering the prevalent drivers of deforestation and forest degradation and the possible alternatives to address them, and assessing the impacts of each of these strategies on different local social groups. The evaluation of these impacts is based on a brief description of the livelihoods and living standards of different social groups of rural communities. The analyses presented here consider the identification of local poorer groups and their prototypical involvement in the main drivers of emissions and potential engagement in REDD+ activities.
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Policy Gaps and Needs Analysis for the Implementation of NDCs on Adaptation and Loss and Damage in Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka
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12/08/2021 15:06
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NDCs form a key component of global and national level climate change actions. Being developing countries with low GHG emissions, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka must focus on effective implementation of NDCs on adaptation and loss and damage.
However, it is important to identify gaps and needs at the country level for the implementation of these actions. Initiatives such as policy gaps and needs analysis, interlinking with the 2020 NDC review process present opportunities for collaboration in addressing gaps and needs identified, as well as identifying alignment and synergies among key processes such as NDCs, NAPs, SDGs and the Sendai Framework are vital.
Developing countries share common capacity gaps and needs, and also possess a wealth of information and experiences which could provide space for enhancing regional capacity and knowledge on the implementation of NDCs on adaptation and loss and damage. The research will further form the baseline for implementing capacity building activities on assessing climate risks, developing gender-responsive policies, plans and activities, enhancing the institutional and coordination mechanism at national and sub-national level for formulating and implementing adaptation plans and processes, and integrating climate change adaptation to the country’s development processes.
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There are several persistent themes that manifest as either needs or constraints to the successful implementation of adaptation and loss and damage for NDCs in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.
Gaps in policies and laws, institutions and coordination, capacities and awareness, finance and technology, as well as socioeconomic and other factors have all emerged as common for the implementation of NDCs in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. Among the gaps and needs that have been identified as common to all are the need for enhanced institutional and coordination mechanisms for NDC implementation, and the need for developing synergies between existing developmental processes.
Key stakeholders shared that the nonexistence of a mandate or a law that facilitates the implementation of NDCs has functioned as a cause for ineffective and uncoordinated actions. All three countries have also demonstrated the need for an MRV process for the implementation of NDCs on adaptation and loss and damage as well as the need for budget tagging, and sharing of the progress of NDC action in a publicly accessible system. Capacity gaps have been highlighted related to financial, technology, and technical expertise related to adaptation and loss and damage sectors.
The government sector capacity building for developing project proposals to mobilise funding for adaptation and loss and damage actions, identification and application of suitable technologies, and the need for key expertise on NDC actions are among some of the capacities that needed to be shared by the participants of the research. Access to research, knowledge, lessons learnt has also been cited as a gap. The need to share scientific and evidence-based climate adaptation data, information and research have been noted. In addressing this gap and need, the research has developed an adaptation and resilience knowledge portal, that aims to provide needed information and research findings with different stakeholders working on NDCs on adaptation and loss and damage.
A need for regional collaboration for providing technical expertise and sharing of NDC progress was also noted. Development of common actions for adaptation and loss and damage related issues, as well as mobilising of climate finance at a regional level are options that remain to be explored to facilitate the effective implementation of adaptation and loss and damage NDCs.
Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka are all faced with legal and policy gaps for which current projects have been launched to remedy them. All three countries together with the relevant institutions are working towards developing a comprehensive framework to battle climate change.
Thus, this research suggests some general recommendations for all three countries that would help in reaching out to their climate goals. All three countries do not have legislative enactments on climate change. Adopting legislation on climate change and creating a coordination mechanism which has a mandate to streamline the domestic, legal and policy framework to suit the country’s international climate change commitments would largely contribute to addressing institutional gaps as discussed above. Further, establishing an effective coordination mechanism between the relevant line ministries working on climate change in the formulation, implementation and at the stage of Monitoring and Evaluation would expedite the action plans laid down in the NDCs.
Coordination issues among stakeholders have caused some of the states to have a multiplicity of laws and policies in the same ministerial sectors causing inconvenience especially to the rural community and for the people who are vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Improving the coordination mechanism by focusing on capacity building of the several stakeholders involved in the process would provide great support to in achieving climate goals.
A number of institutions, ministries and planning authorities have failed to give due recognition to climate change actions in the process of implementing climate change actions. Improving the capacity of institutions for the integration of climate change action into their planning processes would help to streamline the proposed action plans through NDCs. Climate adaptation policies designed by implementing agencies have recognized the importance of climate change actions. Nevertheless, several institutions in all three countries have failed to address this need. As per the Paris Agreement integrating climate change action at all levels, national and regional, through participatory decision-making processes should be given due recognition.
Stakeholder consultations revealed that several NDC sectors lack awareness on climate change policies. Awareness and capacity building of all relevant stakeholders with regard to climate change policies and laws to support effective integration processes would assist in the process of implementing a comprehensive legislative framework on climate change of all three countries.
Carrying out an analysis and review of policy and legal framework to identify gaps and scope for development and modification where necessary would help determine the progress of the NDCs and it will also provide a platform to plan out and develop effective NDCs for the future.
Integrating both SDGs and international DRR processes and mechanisms such as the WIM, the Sendai Framework, or the InsuResilience Global Partnership into NDC implementation could create strong synergies or co-benefits for both sides.
Sustainable development and climate adaptation action provide an opportunity to work together and achieve common goals and targets.
Please find the full research report here:
https://www.slycantrust.org/knowledge-resources/policy-gaps-and-needs-analysis-for-the-implementation-of-ndcs-on-adaptation-and-loss-and-damage-in-bangladesh-nepal-and-sri-lanka-2
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SLYCAN Trust
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Asia
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National; Regional
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Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka
Target group:
Academics and scientists; Policy makers; Practitioners
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16/05/2022 08:57
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Lilian Daphine Lunyolo
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Please see the knowledge product and the country papers for detailed references and methodology.
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Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Communication and outreach/awareness; Financial support; Institutional arrangements; Knowledge management; Stakeholder involvement; Vulnerability assessment
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Agriculture; Food security; Water resources; Ecosystems; Biodiversity; Coastal areas/zones; Health; Adaptation finance; Disaster risk reduction; Energy; Infrastructure; Human settlements; Gender; Urban resilience; Tourism
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This research paper has been prepared based on legal and policy analysis relevant to the NDC sectors on adaptation and loss and damage in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, and interlinked with a consultative process through interviews and sectoral- and national-level multi-stakeholder consultations. This includes a national workshop in each country, a regional workshop and fourteen consultations organised in Sri Lanka, two consultations in Bangladesh, two consultations in Nepal, five webinars, and a series of recorded expert interviews. The workshops and consultations had a total of 350 participants and were held in cooperation with government entities under the NDC review process, and focused on different NDC adaptation and loss and damage sectors and areas of gaps and needs.
Key national documents on climate change, sustainable development, disaster risk management and disaster risk reduction, including the (I)NDCs, National Adaptation Programmes of Action, climate change policies, national communications to the UNFCCC, Sri Lanka’s National Adaptation Plan, and relevant sectoral policies were reviewed during the research.
The findings of this research were validated through the above-mentioned consultation meetings and workshops. Additionally, the final research product has been prepared, taking into consideration the feedback and comments received from the meetings and workshops. Following the finalization of the national research paper, the findings were incorporated to a regional comparative study based on the country studies, and with additional expert comments through regional expert interviews, and inputs received through the regional workshop.
All three countries have included adaptation and loss and damage components in their NDCs. For adaptation, food security (mainly agriculture) and ecosystems are the major shared priorities, and water resources, coastal zone management, and urban areas are of high importance as well.
Finally, loss and damage is a priority sector for Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka alike.
Means of implementation and financial support are included in the Sri Lankan and Bangladesh NDCs while Nepal has recognised knowledge management as another area of focus in its NDCs. Efforts under this area mainly consist of the generation and dissemination of climate related knowledge carried out by the Climate Change Knowledge Management Centre, exclusively established for that purpose.
Action under the above areas have been developed by each country according to the individual needs, targets and risks facing each, in terms of all three being developing countries. Also, their policies reflect common traits such as climate sensitive development policies, the need to diversify energy mixes and the demand for technical and financial assistance in implementing the actions in the NDCs.
As part of the international global community, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Bangladesh are committed to meeting the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement. The effective, efficient and timely delivery of NDCs play a determining role in this regard, hence the concerted effort by countries to achieve their set targets on both mitigation and adaptation. Thus, implementing these recommended measures will not only facilitate the achievement of each country’s NDC targets but also contribute towards the betterment of international climate action.
Addressing the shared gaps, needs, and constraints of Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka can benefit from regional cooperation and the exchange of experiences and lessons learned. Implementing the NDCs of these three countries in an effective manner is vital to prepare for the impacts of climate change and build resilient, sustainable societies, economies, and ecosystems.
Please find the full research report here:
https://www.slycantrust.org/knowledge-resources/policy-gaps-and-needs-analysis-for-the-implementation-of-ndcs-on-adaptation-and-loss-and-damage-in-bangladesh-nepal-and-sri-lanka-regional
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Ecosystem-Based Adaptation and Water Resources in Nepal and Perú
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17/08/2021 09:56
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Good practices in both countries included:
community involvement in water resource management;
prioritizing holistic approaches in adaptation projects;
institutionalizing financial mechanisms for ecosystem-based adaptation.
These lessons learned were detailed in a summary for policymakers and were presented to policymakers by project partners at the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.
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Common challenges and good practices were identified through a comparative analysis between Nepal and Perú. Across the two countries, the following strained efforts to implement ecosystem-based adaptation projects and promote effective water management practices:
political processes;
finance;
sector siloing;
top-down implementation;
one-size-fits-all approaches.
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Yale University
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Asia; South America
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National; Regional
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Nepal; Peru
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Policy makers; Practitioners
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16/05/2022 08:44
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Lilian Daphine Lunyolo
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Adaptation planning and practices
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Water resources; Indigenous and traditional knowledge
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Solutions to the climate crisis that centers on natural ecosystems and people are gaining traction around the world. For decades, nature-based solutions have been pursued to mitigate climate change and adapt to climate change impacts. Recently, governments and climate advocates have turned to the growing field of ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) as a part of an overall strategy to combat the negative impacts of climate change. As a subset of the broader field of nature-based solutions, EbA helps people adapt to the impacts of climate change through conservation, sustainable management, and restoration of ecosystems.
EbA solutions highlight the importance of ecosystem services and biodiversity in reducing the vulnerability of communities to the climate crisis. By improving ecosystem health to adapt to climate change, EbA solutions are more sustainable over the long term and often more cost-effective than stand-alone grey infrastructure solutions, which utilize human-made materials like cement to adapt to climate impacts. Hybrid approaches, or green-grey infrastructure – combining traditional engineered approaches with ecosystem-based infrastructure – provide combined adaptation benefits for communities. EbA practices can provide social, economic, climatic, and environmental benefits to local communities. Implementing EbA solutions in mountain regions is important because of the unique climate risk these areas face. Enhancing natural systems will allow these regions to adapt to these risks while ensuring the resilience of water resources.
This case study aims to advance knowledge on traditional water resource management and climate change adaptation planning. Interviews with policymakers and government representatives, civil society representatives, and local community members in Nepal and Perú were conducted to understand the knowledge exchange around water adaptation practices and technologies between local communities and state and national actors through the lens of ecosystem-based adaptation. This study assessed the prioritization of ecosystem-based adaptation in the Andean and Hindu Kush Himalayan regions and the role of sustainable economic development. This analysis also highlights differences between adaptation planning implementation in practice and high-level policies on climate change adaptation, including National Adaptation Plans (NAPs).
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Vulnerability and risk assessments of agriculture sectors in Viet Nam
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29175
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31/08/2021 09:16
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Good practices:
Ensure risk identification and adaptation planning is an iterative process with continuous updates to reflect changing conditions and priorities.
Integrate insights from VRAs into adaptation planning at the national level
Use VRA findings to quantify potential Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) targets for the agriculture sectors.
Lessons learned:
Access to data to assess specific indicators is key
Ground-truthing of computed results is important
Field research is necessary to identify suitable adaptation options
Different sectors require tailored risk and vulnerability and risk assessment methodologies
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Outcome-Vulnerability assessments:
VRAs were conducted for the crops, livestock and aquaculture sectors and the water resources sector to inform the design of sector-specific measures for Viet Nam’s NAP. The studies adopted similar approaches to prepare vulnerability indices based on an assessment of more than 80 indicators, including 7 climate change exposure indicators, 25 climate change sensitivity indicators and 18 climate change adaptive indicators for crops, livestock and aquaculture, as well as 30 indicators for water resources infrastructure.
Based on climatic, socio-economic and agricultural data, a unique vulnerability index (VI) was developed for 6 crops (rice, maize, sugarcane, coffee, fruits, cassava), 5 livestock (pigs, poultry, cattle, buffaloes, dairy), and 2 aquaculture varieties (fish, shrimp). In addition, a VI was developed for 53 813 water resources infrastructure assets (8 594 reservoirs, 9 108 pumping stations, 11 916 weirs, 18 874 canals and 5 428 sluices).
The aggregated climate VIs allow for better targeting of adaptation measures by providing a spatially explicit overview of the climate risk faced by each sector at district level. The VIs show that the most vulnerable regions by sector are the Northern Central Coastal Region (NCR) (for crops and aquaculture sectors), the Southeast Region (SER) (for aquaculture), the Mekong River Delta (MRD) (for aquaculture and crops), the Northern West Mountainous Region (NWM) (for crops), and the Red River Delta (RRD) (for livestock).
The VRA of water resources infrastructure shows the VIs and measures the overall risk to specific infrastructure assets. Over 36 percent of sampled reservoirs were classified to be very highly or highly vulnerable to climate change and almost 57 percent of pumping stations assessed were classified to be of very high or high vulnerability.
Outcome - Cost benefit analysis:
Adaptation measures to address the climate risks were identified for each sector and cost-benefit analysis (CBA) was conducted. Together with the VIs, the outcomes of the CBA were used to prioritise potentially promising adaptation measures in the crops, aquaculture, and livestock sectors such as rice intensification and integrated cassava and peanut cultivation. In the water resources sector, the CBA helped prioritise infrastructure assets where adaptation measures would both improve their resilience to climate change and minimise potential climate change impacts on society.
NWPPartner:
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
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Asia
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National; Regional
NWPOutputs:
Country:
Viet Nam
Target group:
Academics and scientists; Policy makers; Practitioners
Modified:
16/05/2022 08:26
Modified By:
Lilian Daphine Lunyolo
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Please refer to the references mentioned in the case study
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Vulnerability assessment
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Agriculture; Water resources
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The “Vulnerability and risk assessments of agriculture sectors in Viet Nam” was conducted in Viet Nam, a country considered to be among the most vulnerable countries to climate change with its agriculture sectors particularly susceptible to the impacts of climate change. To understand climate-induced risk, this case study presents the results of climate change vulnerability and risk assessments (VRAs) at the national level for the crop, livestock, aquaculture, and water resources sectors. The assessments can be used to identify and subsequently prioritize adaptation actions and develop recommendations and actions for the agriculture sectors’ inclusion in Viet Nam’s National Adaptation Plan (NAP).
Alongside the VRAs, a cost-benefit analysis (CBA) of a range of adaptation options was undertaken to facilitate the prioritization of options.
The objectives of this case study are to support sectoral adaptation planning, budgeting, and policy formulation. Lessons learned from these endeavors can provide insights for other countries that like Viet Nam are seeking to develop an evidence-based and climate risk-informed National Adaptation Plan (NAP) and/or adaptation plans for the agriculture sector.
The work was implemented under the Integrating Agriculture in National Adaptation Plans (NAP–Ag) programme.
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Natural Disasters Research Institute (NDRI)
ID:
29297
Created:
12/05/2022 14:56
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NWP Partner profile
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Research institution
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National
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Modified:
12/05/2022 14:56
Modified By:
crmmocservices
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Adaptation element:
Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Climate observations; Education and training; Science and research; Vulnerability assessment
Adaptation sector/theme:
Disaster risk reduction; Human settlements; Urban resilience
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Created By:
crmmocservices
Description:
1- Identification and prioritization of rural settlements at risk of natural hazards, specifically floods across 31 provinces in I.R of Iran and applying adaptation measures 2- Climate change adaptation research and studies 3- Practical solutions and useful strategies for climate- related issues and sustainable urban development 4- Addressing urban development considering resilience against climate change (specifically in the case of the capital, Tehran) 5- Presenting suitable urban disaster risk management measures focusing on climate change and other natural and man-made hazards
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Technical document/report
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https://ndri.ac.ir/, https://ndri.ac.ir/
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Title:
Aquacrop and Cropwat models
ID:
25783
Created:
04/10/2016 11:39
NWPInformationType:
Tool
NWPDataSource:
Partner
NWPRelevantStakeholders:
NWPEffortsToAddressSOE:
NWPFocusonNElossesFlag:
Good practices and lessons learned:
Understanding local communities, their languages and most of all their needs was crucial regarding learning during the process, as well as their effort in understanding scientists. More needs to be done in order to reach more farmers and actually influence the adaptation planning process in more depth since now it is being mainly focused in yield losses, planting and water availability as a consequence of the presence of El Niño phenomenon.
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NWPTypeOfOrganization:
Research institution
NWPModalityApproachandMechanism:
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NWPPartner:
CCAFS Latin America Regional Program
Scope of work:
NWPGeographicRegion:
Caribbean and Central America
NWPGeographicScope:
Local
NWPOutputs:
Country:
Colombia
Target group:
Communities
Modified:
12/05/2022 07:06
Modified By:
Brian Mayanja
NWPReferences:
Mesas Técnicas Agroclimáticas (Local Technical Agroclimatic Committees)
https://ccafs.cgiar.org/es/mesas-tecnicas-agroclimaticas#.Vp0Rl_nhDIU
La adaptación no es ‘talla única’: adaptar cultivos con predicciones climáticas a escalas locales es posible
https://ccafs.cgiar.org/es/adaptacion-con-predicciones-climaticas-a-escal-local-es-posible#.Vo63wfnhBhF
Adaptation element:
Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Climate observations; Communication and outreach/awareness; Institutional arrangements; Stakeholder involvement
Adaptation sector/theme:
Water resources; Ecosystems; Health; Human settlements
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Type of knowledge resource:
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Created By:
Roberto Felix
Description:
Agroclimatic forecasts are generated through Food and Agriculture Organization models Aquacrop and Cropwat. These have been calibrated for Colombian conditions for a many crops, including (but not limited to) maize, rice, cotton, banana, and pastures, which are addressed in the LTAC.
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Title:
Canonic correlation analysis model using the climate predictability tool
ID:
25782
Created:
04/10/2016 11:39
NWPInformationType:
Tool
NWPDataSource:
Partner
NWPRelevantStakeholders:
NWPEffortsToAddressSOE:
NWPFocusonNElossesFlag:
Good practices and lessons learned:
Understanding local communities, their languages and most of all their needs was crucial regarding learning during the process, as well as their effort in understanding scientists. More needs to be done in order to reach more farmers and actually influence the adaptation planning process in more depth since now it is being mainly focused in yield losses, planting and water availability as a consequence of the presence of El Niño phenomenon.
NWPMandatesandFrameworks:
NWPTypeOfOrganization:
Research institution
NWPModalityApproachandMechanism:
NWPOutcome:
NWPPartner:
CCAFS Latin America Regional Program
Scope of work:
NWPGeographicRegion:
Caribbean and Central America
NWPGeographicScope:
Local
NWPOutputs:
Country:
Colombia
Target group:
Communities
Modified:
12/05/2022 06:50
Modified By:
Brian Mayanja
NWPReferences:
Mesas Técnicas Agroclimáticas (Local Technical Agroclimatic Committees)
https://ccafs.cgiar.org/es/mesas-tecnicas-agroclimaticas#.Vp0Rl_nhDIU
La adaptación no es ‘talla única’: adaptar cultivos con predicciones climáticas a escalas locales es posible
https://ccafs.cgiar.org/es/adaptacion-con-predicciones-climaticas-a-escal-local-es-posible#.Vo63wfnhBhF
Adaptation element:
Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Climate observations; Communication and outreach/awareness; Institutional arrangements; Stakeholder involvement
Adaptation sector/theme:
Water resources; Ecosystems; Health; Human settlements
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Created By:
Roberto Felix
Description:
Used to build robust regression models that allow relating climate patterns, climate forcing in Colombia and in situ observations. The prediction on the statins used are generated based on the values for forthcoming months of SST field using a non-exclusively statistical approach, that is, a hybrid approach (dynamic-statistical) following the guidelines from Gershunov and Cayan (2003) and Gershunov et al. (2000).
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Title:
Relevant tools in facilitating community/farmer participation
ID:
25781
Created:
04/10/2016 11:39
NWPInformationType:
Knowledge Resource
NWPDataSource:
Partner
NWPRelevantStakeholders:
NWPEffortsToAddressSOE:
NWPFocusonNElossesFlag:
Good practices and lessons learned:
Formal and field sessions allow participants with limited knowledge of CC-CSA related issues to have a better understanding of these issues. A good combination of theory and actual practice (mixed indoor and outdoor activities) make for effective learning.
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NWPTypeOfOrganization:
Research institution
NWPModalityApproachandMechanism:
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NWPPartner:
Regional Office of CCAFS for SEA – c/o: Agriculture Genetic Institute; km2 Pham Van Dong Avenue, North-Tu Liem district, Hanoi. CCAFS Coordinating Unit - Faculty of Science, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 21, DK-1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark. Tel: +45 35331046; Email: ccafs@cgiar.org
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NWPGeographicRegion:
Asia
NWPGeographicScope:
Local; National
NWPOutputs:
Country:
Viet Nam; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Cambodia
Target group:
Academics and scientists; Communities; Policy makers
Modified:
12/05/2022 06:44
Modified By:
Brian Mayanja
NWPReferences:
https://ccafs.cgiar.org/news/facilitating-impact-ccafs-regions
Adaptation element:
Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Education and training; Stakeholder involvement
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Type of knowledge resource:
Scale of work:
NWPSlowOnsetEvents:
Created By:
Roberto Felix
Description:
Participants use participatory methods and tools to collect and analyze data for changing climate trends. They action plans building on the lessons learned from the course. The action plan ensures that the learnings will be translated into adaptation action planning to improve their current work programs and projects.
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Title:
Adaptation Rapid Institutional Analysis toolkit
ID:
25780
Created:
04/10/2016 11:39
NWPInformationType:
Tool
NWPDataSource:
Partner
NWPRelevantStakeholders:
NWPEffortsToAddressSOE:
NWPFocusonNElossesFlag:
Good practices and lessons learned:
• Vulnerability assessments should be directed by national priorities, informed through public consultations. • A public inventory to monitor the implementation of adaptation options should be created and maintained. • Coordination bodies for climate change adaptation should be formalised/institutionalised. • Information collection and management systems need to be consolidated and maintained. • Mechanisms for greater public participation in the development of priorities and monitoring of policy implementation should be established. • Innovate financing mechanisms should be developed. • Knowledge on climate change adaptation processes is not adequately shared among public sector agency personnel. • Mandates and responsibilities for climate change adaptation procedures among ministries and agencies may be in a state of flux or unclear, even to those within the agencies. • Significant knowledge gaps persist at the civil society level regarding national climate change adaptation priorities and activities.
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NWPTypeOfOrganization:
Research institution
NWPModalityApproachandMechanism:
NWPOutcome:
NWPPartner:
Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI)
Scope of work:
NWPGeographicRegion:
Caribbean and Central America
NWPGeographicScope:
National; Regional
NWPOutputs:
Country:
Saint Lucia; Trinidad and Tobago
Target group:
Academics and scientists; Communities; Practitioners; Private sector
Modified:
12/05/2022 06:23
Modified By:
Brian Mayanja
NWPReferences:
http://www.canari.org/participatory-research-to-enhance-climate-change-policy-and-institutions-in-the-caribbean-aria-caribbean-toolkit-pilot/
Adaptation element:
Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Communication and outreach/awareness; Financial support; Institutional arrangements; Knowledge management; Monitoring and evaluation/M&E; Stakeholder involvement; Vulnerability assessment
Adaptation sector/theme:
Water resources; Ecosystems; Health; Human settlements
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Created By:
Roberto Felix
Description:
Provides civil society organisations with a framework, methodology and approach for assessing national institutional capacity and readiness to implement implement climate change adaptation policy. The toolkit helps effectively develop and implement these policies.
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Title:
Caribbean Climate Online Risk and Adaptation Tool
ID:
25778
Created:
04/10/2016 11:39
NWPInformationType:
Tool
NWPDataSource:
Partner
NWPRelevantStakeholders:
NWPEffortsToAddressSOE:
NWPFocusonNElossesFlag:
Good practices and lessons learned:
NWPMandatesandFrameworks:
NWPTypeOfOrganization:
Research institution
NWPModalityApproachandMechanism:
NWPOutcome:
NWPPartner:
Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI)
Scope of work:
NWPGeographicRegion:
Caribbean and Central America
NWPGeographicScope:
Subregional
NWPOutputs:
Country:
Antigua and Barbuda; Dominica; Grenada; Saint Lucia; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Target group:
Practitioners; Private sector
Modified:
12/05/2022 06:12
Modified By:
Brian Mayanja
NWPReferences:
https://www.caribbeanclimate.bz/caribbean-climate-chage-tools/tools/
Adaptation element:
Capacity building; Climate scenarios; Vulnerability assessment
Adaptation sector/theme:
Water resources; Ecosystems; Health; Human settlements
NWPUpdate:
Type of knowledge resource:
Scale of work:
NWPSlowOnsetEvents:
Created By:
Roberto Felix
Description:
An online support system for climate-resilient decision-making to identify actions that minimize climate-related loss, take advantage of opportunities and build climate-resilient development
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Title:
Participatory three-dimensionally modeling (P3DM)
ID:
25777
Created:
04/10/2016 11:39
NWPInformationType:
Tool
NWPDataSource:
Partner
NWPRelevantStakeholders:
NWPEffortsToAddressSOE:
NWPFocusonNElossesFlag:
Good practices and lessons learned:
An integrated, ecosystem-based and participatory approach to adaptation planning is needed for coastal and marine areas in the Caribbean islands where many sectors share space and resources and face common threats from climate change
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NWPTypeOfOrganization:
Research institution
NWPModalityApproachandMechanism:
NWPOutcome:
NWPPartner:
Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI)
Scope of work:
NWPGeographicRegion:
Caribbean and Central America
NWPGeographicScope:
Subregional
NWPOutputs:
Country:
Antigua and Barbuda; Dominica; Grenada; Saint Lucia; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Target group:
Practitioners; Private sector
Modified:
12/05/2022 06:01
Modified By:
Brian Mayanja
NWPReferences:
https://canari.org/using-participatory-three-dimensional-modelling-p3dm-for-climate-change-vulnerability-assessment-in-tobago/
Adaptation element:
Capacity building; Climate scenarios; Vulnerability assessment
Adaptation sector/theme:
Water resources; Ecosystems; Health; Human settlements
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Type of knowledge resource:
Scale of work:
NWPSlowOnsetEvents:
Created By:
Roberto Felix
Description:
Activity 1: P3DM uses information and communication technology tools to facilitate participatory climate change vulnerability assessments addressing the challenge of effectively engaging a wide range of stakeholders (including those at different literacy and capacity levels) to capture local and traditional knowledge as well as stakeholder input on priority needs and opportunities for resilience building. Activity 2: P3DM facilitates the inclusion of local knowledge in spatial adaptation planning. P3DM allows stakeholders to note the impacts of climate change on their communities, assess vulnerabilities and discuss possible adaptation measures.
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Title:
Lower Mekong region river impoundments data set
ID:
25793
Created:
04/10/2016 11:39
NWPInformationType:
Knowledge Resource
NWPDataSource:
Partner
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NWPEffortsToAddressSOE:
NWPFocusonNElossesFlag:
Good practices and lessons learned:
Recommendations for institutions and projects working to improve the application of geospatial data and technologies for decision making in the LMR (SERVIR-Mekong, 2015: pp. vi-vii): 1. Promote and support the development of a community of practice around the use of geospatial data for decision making. 2. Create web-based resources and support events that bring practitioners together to share experiences and information, coordinate and collaborate on strategies and tools, as well as to build capacity for effectively and efficiently addressing priority needs. 3. Work with decision makers, technical staff, and other stakeholders to develop customized, context-specific decision-support tools that will be used to enhance priority management, planning, and policy development processes. 4. Promote the integration of geospatial considerations across sectors to address issues of contradictory plans, policies and decisions. 5. Develop a guidance note on for GIS developers and application users on how to integrate gender concerns, and point to types and sources of gender-related data that can be used in various GIS tools. 6. Support existing initiatives to clarify, inventory, and harmonize geospatial data resources in all LMR countries, especially in Cambodia, the Lao PDR and Myanmar. 7. Support the further development of a regional network of universities conducting geospatial-related research and capacity building, and support their efforts to more effectively understand and link their work with government agencies. 8. Create and enhance online portals and other data-sharing mechanisms that make it easier for practitioners to access and use satellite-derived data for monitoring and forecasting. 9. Promote international metadata standards and tools that facilitate the efficient authoring and stewardship of metadata. 10. Document the value of open data policies, and showcase examples of how such policies can enhance outcomes and save resources in the region. 11. Work with stakeholders to design, build and maintain decision-support tools related to the region’s top geospatial application priorities. 12. Using similar methods as those used in this assessment, reassess regional geospatial data and technology needs at two- or three-year intervals so that changing priorities can be identified, and effectively and efficiently addressed.
NWPMandatesandFrameworks:
NWPTypeOfOrganization:
National/public entity
NWPModalityApproachandMechanism:
NWPOutcome:
NWPPartner:
SERVIR-Mekong (regional hub); SERVIR-Global (global headquarters)
Scope of work:
NWPGeographicRegion:
Asia
NWPGeographicScope:
Subregional
NWPOutputs:
Country:
Cambodia; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Myanmar; Thailand; Viet Nam
Target group:
Practitioners
Modified:
12/05/2022 05:33
Modified By:
Brian Mayanja
NWPReferences:
https://servir.adpc.net/publications/needs-assessment-geospatial-data-and-technologies-lower-mekong-region
Adaptation element:
Capacity building; Climate observations; Communication and outreach/awareness; Institutional arrangements; Science and research; Socio-economic data and information; Stakeholder involvement; Technology support
Adaptation sector/theme:
Water resources; Ecosystems; Health; Human settlements
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Type of knowledge resource:
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Created By:
Roberto Felix
Description:
Provides the extent of inundation resulting from all dams currently existing, under construction and planned. This dataset can be used for evaluating adaptation strategies and infrastructure development alternatives, especially in areas where livelihoods are dependent on fisheries and/or agricultural systems that depend on the existing water allocation infrastructure.
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Title:
Participatory research to enhance climate change policy and institutions in the Caribbean: Caribbean Adaptation Rapid Institutional Analysis (ARIA) toolkit pilot
ID:
25552
Created:
13/05/2016 12:11
NWPInformationType:
Tool
NWPDataSource:
Partner
NWPRelevantStakeholders:
NWPEffortsToAddressSOE:
NWPFocusonNElossesFlag:
Good practices and lessons learned:
NWPMandatesandFrameworks:
NWPTypeOfOrganization:
Intergovernmental organization (IGO)
NWPModalityApproachandMechanism:
NWPOutcome:
NWPPartner:
Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI)
Scope of work:
NWPGeographicRegion:
Caribbean and Central America
NWPGeographicScope:
National; Regional
NWPOutputs:
Country:
Saint Lucia; Trinidad and Tobago
Target group:
Academics and scientists; Communities; Practitioners; Private sector
Modified:
12/05/2022 05:22
Modified By:
Brian Mayanja
NWPReferences:
http://www.canari.org/participatory-research-to-enhance-climate-change-policy-and-institutions-in-the-caribbean-aria-caribbean-toolkit-pilot/
Adaptation element:
Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Communication and outreach/awareness; Financial support; Institutional arrangements; Knowledge management; Monitoring and evaluation/M&E; Stakeholder involvement; Vulnerability assessment
Adaptation sector/theme:
Water resources; Ecosystems; Health; Human settlements
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Type of knowledge resource:
Scale of work:
NWPSlowOnsetEvents:
Created By:
Roberto Felix
Description:
The study was aimed at improving the capacity of Caribbean islands to develop and implement effective climate change adaptation policy and action. The specific objectives were to: • analyse the state of institutional capacity and readiness to implement climate change adaptation policies to identify strengths and weaknesses using the “Rapid Institutional Analysis for Adaptation” (ARIA) toolkit; • develop high-priority and low-cost next steps within national and regional policy contexts; • assess the level of transparency in adaptation policy-making and planning and the opportunities for public involvement; • conduct “deep dive” assessments into three priority areas selected by project participants for each country to better understand institutional capacity at the sectoral level; and • build civil society capacity to more meaningfully engage in these processes through use of the toolkit and interaction with relevant government agencies.
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Title:
Xe Kong river system fish barriers data set
ID:
25792
Created:
04/10/2016 11:39
NWPInformationType:
Knowledge Resource
NWPDataSource:
Partner
NWPRelevantStakeholders:
NWPEffortsToAddressSOE:
NWPFocusonNElossesFlag:
Good practices and lessons learned:
Recommendations for institutions and projects working to improve the application of geospatial data and technologies for decision making in the LMR (SERVIR-Mekong, 2015: pp. vi-vii): 1. Promote and support the development of a community of practice around the use of geospatial data for decision making. 2. Create web-based resources and support events that bring practitioners together to share experiences and information, coordinate and collaborate on strategies and tools, as well as to build capacity for effectively and efficiently addressing priority needs. 3. Work with decision makers, technical staff, and other stakeholders to develop customized, context-specific decision-support tools that will be used to enhance priority management, planning, and policy development processes. 4. Promote the integration of geospatial considerations across sectors to address issues of contradictory plans, policies and decisions. 5. Develop a guidance note on for GIS developers and application users on how to integrate gender concerns, and point to types and sources of gender-related data that can be used in various GIS tools. 6. Support existing initiatives to clarify, inventory, and harmonize geospatial data resources in all LMR countries, especially in Cambodia, the Lao PDR and Myanmar. 7. Support the further development of a regional network of universities conducting geospatial-related research and capacity building, and support their efforts to more effectively understand and link their work with government agencies. 8. Create and enhance online portals and other data-sharing mechanisms that make it easier for practitioners to access and use satellite-derived data for monitoring and forecasting. 9. Promote international metadata standards and tools that facilitate the efficient authoring and stewardship of metadata. 10. Document the value of open data policies, and showcase examples of how such policies can enhance outcomes and save resources in the region. 11. Work with stakeholders to design, build and maintain decision-support tools related to the region’s top geospatial application priorities. 12. Using similar methods as those used in this assessment, reassess regional geospatial data and technology needs at two- or three-year intervals so that changing priorities can be identified, and effectively and efficiently addressed.
NWPMandatesandFrameworks:
NWPTypeOfOrganization:
National/public entity
NWPModalityApproachandMechanism:
NWPOutcome:
NWPPartner:
SERVIR-Mekong (regional hub); SERVIR-Global (global headquarters)
Scope of work:
NWPGeographicRegion:
Asia
NWPGeographicScope:
Subregional
NWPOutputs:
Country:
Cambodia; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Myanmar; Thailand; Viet Nam
Target group:
Practitioners
Modified:
12/05/2022 05:17
Modified By:
Brian Mayanja
NWPReferences:
https://servir.adpc.net/publications/needs-assessment-geospatial-data-and-technologies-lower-mekong-region
Adaptation element:
Capacity building; Climate observations; Communication and outreach/awareness; Institutional arrangements; Science and research; Socio-economic data and information; Stakeholder involvement; Technology support
Adaptation sector/theme:
Water resources; Ecosystems; Health; Human settlements
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Type of knowledge resource:
Scale of work:
NWPSlowOnsetEvents:
Created By:
Roberto Felix
Description:
Assists planners in identifying potential barriers to fish movement that may result from modifications to the placement, design and operation of dams on the Xe Kong River. This dataset can be used for evaluating adaptation strategies and infrastructure development alternatives, especially in areas where livelihoods are dependent on fisheries and/or agricultural systems that depend on the existing water allocation infrastructure.
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Title:
Cost-benefit analysis toolkit and guidelines
ID:
25794
Created:
04/10/2016 11:39
NWPInformationType:
Tool
NWPDataSource:
Partner
NWPRelevantStakeholders:
NWPEffortsToAddressSOE:
NWPFocusonNElossesFlag:
Good practices and lessons learned:
Cost Benefit Analysis is an important tool for assisting decision making in a situation of scarce resources, and also assist with the process of prioritization. According to participants, this was the first cost-benefit analysis training that had been conducted in/for their countries in recent times. Moreover, participants reported that cost benefit analysis is not widely undertaken by Government officials, though participants/Governments recognised the usefulness of CBA and were keen to increase its application in country (including for assessment of non-climate change adaptation projects). In the future, workshop materials should be designed to be accessible by people with no economics background, since no economists from some countries participated. The exercises were reported as one of the main strengths/take-away skills learned from the workshop. Many participants were not familiar with the use of excel prior to the workshop which had the effect of slowing down the exercises as well as detracting from the economic analysis elements of the exercises. Participants were very receptive to a participatory exercise which sought to demonstrate how people ‘discount’ future consumption in everyday life.
NWPMandatesandFrameworks:
NWPTypeOfOrganization:
Intergovernmental organization (IGO); National/public entity
NWPModalityApproachandMechanism:
NWPOutcome:
NWPPartner:
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Scope of work:
NWPGeographicRegion:
Asia
NWPGeographicScope:
National; Regional
NWPOutputs:
Country:
Cook Islands; Fiji; Micronesia (Federated States of); Marshall Islands; Nauru; Niue; Palau; Papua New Guinea; Samoa; Solomon Islands; Tonga; Tuvalu; Vanuatu; Kiribati
Target group:
Practitioners; Private sector
Modified:
12/05/2022 05:01
Modified By:
Brian Mayanja
NWPReferences:
https://rmi-data.sprep.org/system/files/cost-benefit-analysis-natural-resources-management-pacific_40.pdf
Adaptation element:
Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Education and training; Institutional arrangements; Monitoring and evaluation/M&E; Socio-economic data and information; Stakeholder involvement
Adaptation sector/theme:
Water resources; Ecosystems; Human settlements
NWPUpdate:
Type of knowledge resource:
Scale of work:
NWPSlowOnsetEvents:
Created By:
Roberto Felix
Description:
Completes cost-benefit analyses of the PACC demonstration projects. Undertakes economic assessment of climate change in each country to help support national adaptation policies and implementation processes, and helps countries to mobilize resources and seek additional funding to implement country-wide adaptation measures.
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Title:
Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis (CVCA)
ID:
23228
Created:
21/04/2016 10:42
NWPInformationType:
Tool
NWPDataSource:
Gender
NWPRelevantStakeholders:
NWPEffortsToAddressSOE:
NWPFocusonNElossesFlag:
Good practices and lessons learned:
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NWPModalityApproachandMechanism:
NWPOutcome:
NWPPartner:
CARE International
Scope of work:
NWPGeographicRegion:
Africa; Asia; Caribbean and Central America; Pacific/Oceania; South America
NWPGeographicScope:
NWPOutputs:
Country:
Bangladesh; Nepal; Ghana; Indonesia; Viet Nam; Thailand; Peru
Target group:
Modified:
12/05/2022 04:54
Modified By:
Brian Mayanja
NWPReferences:
Further information about the CVCA methodology and its gender sensitive application can be found in the publications below:
https://careclimatechange.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/CARE-CVCA-Handbook-EN-v0.8-web.pdf
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CARE’s CVCA methodology provides a framework for analyzing vulnerability and the capacity to adapt to climate change at the community level. The methodology has a number of characteristics for assessing vulnerability to climate change of communities. These include:
- a focus on climate change
- analysis of existing conditions, hazards and trends
- emphasis on multi-stakeholder analysis, collaboration and dialogue
- a focus on communities and the most vulnerable, with an emphasis on enabling environments as well.
The CVCA methodology recognizes that gender plays a critical role in how different groups of people experience climate change impacts. Women and men have differing abilities to respond to the threat that climate change . The ability to act on adaptation is shaped by access to information, such as early warning systems and seasonal forecasts. It may be determined by control over resources such as agricultural land or household assets, or by the power to influence decisions in the household or community. In each of these cases, it is often women who are at a disadvantage when it comes to adaptation.
Effective and equitable adaptation thus requires an understanding of the dynamics of vulnerability and how gender influences these dynamics. The CVCA methodology takes gender differences into account when assessing vulnerability of communities to climate change, leading to planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of adaptation that reflects the differing roles, responsibilities and power that men and women have, and that seeks to overcome gender inequality.
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Joto Afrika Special Issue: Gender and Community Based Adaptation Learning
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21/04/2016 10:42
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CARE International
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Africa; Asia
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This special edition of Joto Afrika provides insights and learning from the ‘Gender and Community-based Adaptation Learning Workshop’, held in Ghana in August 2011, which brought together 42 gender and community-based adaptation practitioners from 12 government, UN and civil society organisations in Ghana, Niger, Morocco, Kenya and Mozambique, as well as resource people from CARE International and IIED. Participants shared and discussed their knowledge and experience in gender and adaptation to climate change around two themes:
1. Recognizing and promoting the existing capacities and power of women and men in adapting to climate change and reducing vulnerability
2. Generating good practice principles and methods for integrating gender equality into CBA processes in Africa
Discussion revolved around how best to learn about the shifting gender and climate dynamics in any local context, and how to use this knowledge to support gender and power analysis as part of vulnerability analysis, facilitate gender sensitive community adaptation action planning, assess capacity and capacity gaps and identify community institutions to represent the concerns of the most vulnerable. Some of the key recommendations emerging from the workshop include:
• Develop capacity building programs, which emphasize the vision, value and importance of gender-responsive CBA and climate change
• Recognize that gender is not an ‘add- on’, but a requirement for adaptation planning
• Conduct gender and power analysis prior to adaptation planning to ensure knowledge of the existing power dynamics and capacities among and between men and women and the drivers of why and how power relationships, behaviors and norms change in the communities they work with.
• Understand the drivers of change in gender roles and relations and examine how power dynamics are shifting due to the pressures and stresses of climate change.
• Tailor Community-based adaptation methods and tools based on knowledge of the local context as well as climate information, to ensure they respond to gender dynamics, realities of change, risk and uncertainty.
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Participatory Monitoring, Evaluation, Reflection and Learning (PMERL)
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CARE International
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Asia; Pacific/Oceania
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Nepal
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12/05/2022 04:37
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Brian Mayanja
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PMERL Manual: A manual for local practitioners
https://careclimatechange.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2014_PMERL.pdf
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Community-based adaptation; Gender
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The goal of Community-based Adaptation (CBA) is to build the resilience of vulnerable individuals, households, communities and societies from the ground up. It is a ‘community-led’ or ‘community-driven’ approach to adaptation that complements top-down planning and programs. CBA also addresses social drivers of vulnerability including gender inequality, inequalities in the distribution of rights, resources and power are often at the root of poverty and vulnerability. Such social inequalities increase harmful climate change impacts on many poor people while constraining their options for taking action to reduce them through adaptation. Gender inequalities, combined with other factors such as age, ethnicity, livelihood group, or economic status, form an important and often insufficiently addressed barrier to equitable adaptation.
However, CBA often requires attention to both the current and future vulnerabilities resulting from climate change. Since future climate change impacts are uncertain, CBA interventions need to embody a learning-by-doing approach, iteration, and constant monitoring.
CARE’s Participatory Monitoring, Evaluation, Reflection and Learning (PMERL) approach helps communities address these challenges associated with climate change. The PMERL approach helps communities and service providers answer questions about the match between achievements and expectations, the appropriateness of achievements, the scale and appropriateness of CBA interventions. Participation, joint learning and reflection processes are integrated into the monitoring and evaluation of CBA to ensure these efforts are as effective as possible. This approach goes beyond conventional monitoring and evaluation by not only facilitating learning from change, but also by providing an evidence base to learn to enable change. And it encourages joint responsibility and co-learning between service providers and vulnerable communities to improve the CBA processes.
The PMERL approach is gender sensitive because it successfully does the following:
• monitor and document gender achievements in CBA projects which can be used for advocacy and in building the right enabling environment
• recognize that gender has significant power dimensions and thus monitor gender dynamics in relative terms, not in absolutes or in isolation from the rest of society
• Access the knowledge, attitudes and practices towards gender in relation to CBA implementation.
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Replenishing water
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21/04/2016 11:45
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PepsiCo India
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Asia
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India
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11/05/2022 03:54
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Nicholas Hamp-Adams
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Adapting to Climate Change: A Guide for the Food, Beverage and Agriculture Industry (BSR):
http://www.bsr.org/en/our-insights/report-view/adapting-to-climate-change-a-guide-for-the-food-beverage-and-agriculture-in
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Adaptation planning and practices; Financial support; Science and research
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Agriculture; Food security; Water resources; Biodiversity
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PepsiCo entered India in 1989 and has grown to become the country’s largest-selling food and beverage company.
India grows approximately 130 million tons of rice across roughly 108 million acres, making it one of the largest rice producers in the world. Traditionally, rice is cultivated by sowing seeds in a small nursery, where the seeds germinate into seedlings. The seedlings are then transferred manually into the main field and then grown with four to five inches of water at the base of the crop for the first six to eight weeks, mainly to prevent weed growth.
In India, a region that faces severe water shortages, an agriculture process called direct seeding of rice helps growers avoid three water-intensive steps: puddling, transplanting and standing water. After successful trials with direct seeding in PepsiCo’s research and development fields, the company has developed a direct seeding machine for its farmers. In 2010, PepsiCo expanded direct seeding and applied it to approximately 10,000 acres, saving more than 7 billion liters of water. And, because in direct seeding there is no water at the base of the crop, there is also a 70 percent reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
In addition, PepsiCo and PAGREXCO (Punjab Agri Export Corporation) partnered in 2002 to start a “Citrus Development Initiative”, marking another step towards the promotion of crop diversification and helping farmers adapt to a water-constrained climate. In consultation with the local government, PepsiCo introduced less water-intensive citrus plantations for farmers as an alternative to paddy and set up two fruit processing plants in the region. The initiative has emerged as one of the most successful models of public-private partnerships in Indian agri-business, promoting crop diversification and creating a localized supply base for citrus juice for PepsiCo’s Tropicana business.
PepsiCo is involved in several water conservation efforts throughout its business operations, including the use of rainwater harvesting initiatives in its manufacturing locations, such as roof-water harvesting and recharge ponds.
The Pepsico Foundation has also partnered with
Water.org
to develop WaterCredit, a market-driven model that will provide microloans to families throughout India. This expansion will help enable approximately 800,000 people to access safe water by March 2016.
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Climate resilient reconstruction
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21/04/2016 11:45
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Private sector
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Royal Engineers & Consultants, LLC
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North America
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Local
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United States of America
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11/05/2022 03:38
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Nicholas Hamp-Adams
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A Fresh Look at the Green Economy: Jobs that Build Resilience to Climate Change (Oxfam):
https://www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/research-publications/a-fresh-look-at-the-green-economy/
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Adaptation planning and practices
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Ecosystems; Coastal areas/zones; Infrastructure; Human settlements
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Royal Engineers and Consultants is a small company headquartered in New Orleans that operates in communities along the Gulf Coast in Louisiana, Alabama, and Texas. The company works in the areas of civil engineering, construction and construction management, coastal and environmental engineering, and project management.
In designing marsh restoration projects, such as a project in the northern shoreline of Lake Merchant in Louisiana, engineers employed by Royal have considered long-term sea-level rise rates and account for these rates in choosing ecosystem management practices that support marine life and natural vegetation.
In Cameron Parish, Royal led and coordinated the workflow for a large Hurricane Rita reconstruction program consisting of approximately 60 individual projects. Royal helped the parish select and prioritize projects based on a set of sustainability-related criteria and incorporated retrofits to protect against future flood and storm damage.
Royal Engineers performed geotechnical inspections of New Orleans city buildings that were damaged during Hurricane Katrina to determine whether they were structurally safe enough to rebuild. Buildings for the city’s Office of Recovery Management were then rebuilt to be more likely to withstand future hurricanes. In the rebuilding process, the company utilized green building materials and technologies when possible.
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Horn of Africa Risk Transfer for Adaptation (HARITA)
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21/04/2016 11:45
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The main conclusion of the study is that HARITA is achieving the critical objective of helping farmers to maintain their livelihoods in the face of drought, thereby addressing an urgent threat to livelihoods in the drought-prone region of Tigray. On average, across all villages included in the evaluation, farmers insured through HARITA have increased their savings and the number of oxen, the most valuable animal and the main animal used to plough the fields, relative to uninsured farmers. The impacts differ considerably across the 3 evaluated districts, and our data does not suggest that each of the average effects has occurred in each district. In one district, insured farmers increased their levels of grain reserves more than did uninsured farmers. In another district, insured farmers increased the number of oxen owned relative to the uninsured. The number of oxen declined slightly among the uninsured. In a third district, insured farmers increased the number of loans and amounts borrowed relative to the uninsured.
HARITA is also having some impacts on investments in production in good seasons. We do not yet see evidence of corresponding increases in yields. Lack of increases in yields is not surprising in the second evaluated season due to the drought. On average, across all evaluated villages, insured farmers have increased the amount of compost that they use per unit of land relative to uninsured farmers. In addition, in one of the three districts insured farmers increased their investments in fertilizer and traditional seeds relative to uninsured farmers. Farmers in the other two districts increased their investments in fertilizer and improved seeds relative to uninsured farmers but only in the 2010 season, not over the entire evaluation period. Female- headed households, who are among the more vulnerable farmers, seem to be achieving some of the most significant increases in agricultural inputs among the participants. If such productive investments continue to grow, they will contribute to building the farmers’ resilience to droughts.
Based on interviews and FGDs with farmers and village leaders, we learned that farmers consider knowledge about new agricultural production inputs and techniques to be the most valuable contribution made by HARITA. We do not characterize the improvement in knowledge as an impact of the program since the knowledge comes primarily from the Ethiopian agricultural extension service, which works closely with HARITA but also works with farmers in non-HARITA villages. However, it is useful for program design to understand the importance of working closely with a capable extension service, as HARITA is doing.
Farmers and village leaders overwhelmingly affirm the value of HARITA in helping to reduce the hardships imposed by droughts, and they express tremendous appreciation for the program. Almost all also agree that HARITA is not yet improving livelihoods in a transformative way. Improving living standards is an ambitious goal that requires time, and it is too early to assess whether the program in its current form can achieve this goal.
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Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd; Oxfam America
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Africa
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Ethiopia
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11/05/2022 03:29
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Nicholas Hamp-Adams
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Financial support; Impact assessment; Science and research
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Agriculture; Food security; Biodiversity; Disaster risk reduction
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For the 1.3 billion people living on less than a dollar a day who depend on agriculture for their livelihoods, vulnerability to weather-related shocks is a constant threat to security and well-being. As climate change drives an increase in the frequency and intensity of natural hazards, the challenges faced by food-insecure communities struggling to improve their lives and livelihoods will also increase.
In response to these challenges, Oxfam America, Swiss Re and their partners developed a holistic risk management framework to enable poor farmers in the drought-prone northern state of Tigray in Ethiopia to strengthen their food and income security through a combination of community climate resilience projects (risk reduction), insurance (risk transfer), microcredit ("prudent" risk-taking), and savings (risk reserves): the Horn of Africa Risk Transfer for Adaptation (HARITA) project.
Existing approaches to providing drought insurance to the poorest have not been effective due to high administrative costs and the inability of cash-poor smallholders to afford premiums. Instead, an “insurance-for-work” program was developed as an add-on to the government’s “food-and cash-for-work” Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP), a well-established program that serves eight million chronically food-insecure households in Ethiopia. The Ethiopian National Meteorological Agency also played a strong role in supporting weather data collection and analysis for the weather index insurance.
The resulting innovation allows cash-poor farmers the option to work for their insurance premiums by engaging in community-identified projects to reduce risk and build climate resilience, such as improved irrigation or soil management. In the event of a seasonal drought, insurance payouts are triggered automatically when rainfall drops below a pre-determined threshold, enabling farmers to afford the seeds and inputs necessary to plant in the following season and protecting them from having to sell off productive assets to survive. In partnership with local microfinance institutions, the model allows farmers the option to bundle insurance with credit and savings.
The labor used to pay for weather index insurance is contributed to community-identified projects to reduce risk and build climate resilience, such as improved irrigation or soil management. Farmers identify these activities through community-driven Participatory Capacity and Vulnerability Assessments.
HARITA’s success has led Oxfam America and the World Food Programme (WFP) to announce the R4 Rural Resilience Initiative as a strategic collaboration to expand the HARITA model in Ethiopia and adapt the model to other countries. Swiss Re is providing financial support and technical expertise as the partnership’s exclusive insurance sector sponsor, and also acts as the reinsurer for the project.
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Weather resilient boats
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21/04/2016 11:45
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Taratari Shipyard; Friendship
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Asia
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Bangladesh
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Modified:
11/05/2022 03:19
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Nicholas Hamp-Adams
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A Strategy to Engage the Private Sector in Climate Change Adaptation in Bangladesh (International Finance Corporation):
https://www.preventionweb.net/files/16483_ifcpresccpsv8sep12010ifcsk1.pdf
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Adaptation planning and practices; Science and research
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Agriculture; Food security; Biodiversity; Coastal areas/zones
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A Bangladeshi firm, Taratari Shipyard, is keen to receive R&D support in boat building to help manufacture boats that are more suited to volatile weather conditions in as cost-effective a manner as possible. Tartari is looking to build fiberglass fishing boats that are much more stable in turbulent weather conditions and significantly more resilient in flood conditions. Currently, almost all fishing boast in Bangladesh are made from wood. Although they cost BDT 50,000 (USD 700) versus BDT 300,000 (USD 4200) for a fiberglass boat, the latter lasts for 20 years. Friendship, a well know local NGO, is working with Tartari on this project.
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New insurance products and climate risk
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24076
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21/04/2016 11:45
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HSBC Holdings plc
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Africa; Asia; Caribbean and Central America; Europe; North America; Pacific/Oceania; Polar regions; South America
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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11/05/2022 02:55
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Nicholas Hamp-Adams
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Adapting to an Uncertain Climate: A World of Commercial Opportunities (UK Trade and Investment):
https://group.skanska.com/4a0216/siteassets/sustainability/environmental-responsibility/energy/final-report_adaptation.pdf
Business Leadership on Climate Change Adaptation: Encouraging Engagement and Action (PwC):
https://pwc.blogs.com/files/encouraging-engagement-and-action-full-report-publication.pdf
Future Proof: Preparing your business for a changing climate (CBI):
https://www.climate-expert.org/fileadmin/Ressources/Background%20Reading/2009%20CBI%20-%20Future%20Proof%20Preparing%20your%20business%20for%20a%20changing%20climate.pdf
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Financial support; Impact assessment; Science and research
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Agriculture; Food security; Water resources; Biodiversity; Health; Disaster risk reduction; Infrastructure; Human settlements
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HSBC, a global financial services firm headquartered in the UK, has developed a range of responses relating to climate adaptation, from both a risk perspective and in terms of opportunity. On the risk front, it released the HSBC Climate Vulnerability Assessment, which maps risk for the G20 in 2020 from expected climate impacts, in terms of food losses, water stress, and rising healthcare costs. This assessment is intended to advise both the bank and its clients on looming risks, but can also help to shape future products.
One clear example is the bank’s entry into the crop insurance market, developing, together with Allianz, a German insurance and financial services group, an offering for Brazilian farmers, to help them deal with climate-related losses.
HSBC has also established a climate change research facilitation programme with the UK Met Office, which will allow fund managers to make more accurate assessments of the climate risks and impacts across their investment portfolios. This is part of a major effort by HSBC to assist fund managers in understanding the broader impacts of climate change on investments.
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Bringing Water to Life
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24079
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21/04/2016 11:45
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Suntory Holdings Limited
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Asia
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Regional
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Japan
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Modified:
11/05/2022 02:41
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Nicholas Hamp-Adams
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Adaptation element:
Education and training
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Food security; Water resources; Ecosystems
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Suntory Limited is making the conservation of water resources the axis of its environmental activities in line with its corporate message “Suntory, Bringing Water to Life”.
As a corporation that depends highly on the water for the production of its whiskey, beer, wine, non-alcoholic beverages, and foods, Suntory is committed to safeguarding the Earth’s precious water resources.
Suntory uses water that flows from the heart of the Kaikomagatake mountain in the Minami Alps. Great tasting water is an indispensable factor in Suntory’s manufacturing process. The company understands that forests play a critical role in restoring groundwater. To cultivate this important resource, Suntory includes forest conservation among its environmental projects. Working in collaboration with local communities, the Suntory Forest of Natural Water project is a forestation activity that both cultivates forests that are highly functional as natural water sanctuaries and conserves biodiversity. Suntory’s forest preservation activities seek to generate more groundwater than the amount used by its plants, and Suntory plans to expand its area of natural water sanctuaries to approximately 7,000 hectares by the end of 2011.
Suntory also runs a program “Outdoor School of Forest and Water” which is designed to teach children about the prime importance of the planet’s water and forests. Suntory offers outdoor excursions to engage children first-hand about the forest and water resources, as well as “traveling classrooms” designed to teach children about water starting with surroundings familiar to them.
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Adapt to local climatic conditions and reduce impacts
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24097
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21/04/2016 11:46
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Prompted by reduced and poorly distributed rainfall in the tea gardens and the surrounding area (and linking this to the apparent deforestation), the Kenyan business initiated a tree-planting project in the year 2000 – Trees2000 – that includes all management and staff. As of June 2009, over 700,000 indigenous trees had been planted on farms and in the surrounding community. Every year, the company propagates over 100,000 seedlings.
Each employee plants at least two trees annually and company visitors are expected to plant at least one tree. The on-farm survival rate for the trees is well over 90%. The scheme has now spread to other Kenyan tea farms, including those of smallholders and outgrowers for the plantation companies, and to the Tanzanian business (where 150,000 indigenous trees will have been planted by 2010).
All the boilers used for drying tea in UTEA factories are wood-fired, and the company – apart from improving forestry and wood-management techniques – has improved boiler efficiency through new economical installations. In East African countries heavily burdened by poverty, continued large-scale deforestation, and increasing problems of water availability, Unilever Tea companies are helping reduce the problems and adapting to a more uncertain future.
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Unilever
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Africa
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Local; National
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Kenya; United Republic of Tanzania
Target group:
Practitioners; Private sector
Modified:
11/05/2022 02:30
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Nicholas Hamp-Adams
NWPReferences:
Tackling climate change on the ground:
http://www.wbcsd.org/Pages/EDocument/EDocumentDetails.aspx?ID=136&NoSearchContextKey=true
Find the case study summary here:
https://unfccc.int/files/adaptation/nairobi_work_programme/private_sector_initiative/application/pdf/unilever.wbcsd.pdf
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Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Education and training; Impact assessment; Knowledge management; Science and research; Technology support
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Agriculture; Food security; Water resources; Biodiversity
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Unilever Tea-growing farms in East Africa (UTEA) recognized over 20 years ago that deforestation around Lake Victoria and the Mau Forest in Kenya and in the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania was a threat to business. Rainfall patterns are highly dependent on local water cycles, in which the forests play an important role. With the shrinking of forests, rainfall patterns have changed and dry seasons have become longer and more frequent.
In Tanzania, where a 6-month long dry season means that economic sustainability is only achievable by irrigating the tea, Unilever has focused its attention on conserving the high biodiversity value forest within its own concessions and in the surrounding area, and on improving irrigation efficiency.
The company set up rainwater harvesting and storage systems in small valleys on the farm and hosted irrigation trials, managed by local and international researchers. By doing so, the business was among the first to understand and use the research findings on cost-effective and water-efficient irrigation for tea. Where the terrain is suitable, recent trials have shown that drip irrigation (rather than sprinkler) can save 70 liters of water per kilogram of tea harvested.
In Kenya, UTEA has a program to identify and breed drought-tolerant tea varieties and rootstocks. It invests € 156,000 (US$ 230,000) annually in the program and has recently released two new tea varieties for commercial planting that are comparatively drought tolerant. These will be used throughout the East African business.
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Adapting to climate change through changing growing patterns and spreading risks
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21/04/2016 11:45
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Meinert Enterprises
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11/05/2022 02:21
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Nicholas Hamp-Adams
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A Systematic Review of the Literature on Business Adaptation to Climate Change (Network for Business Sustainability):
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d51595e713bcb0001848959/t/5d6c73e97c793f0001c85980/1567388650602/NBS_ClimateChange_Concepts_2009.pdf
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https://unfccc.int/files/adaptation/application/pdf/meinert_enterprises.pdf
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Adaptation planning and practices; Financial support
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Agriculture; Food security; Water resources; Biodiversity
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Roberto Felix
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Meinert Enterprises is a southwestern Saskatchewan agriculture operation concerned with dryland farming. Meinert produces cereals, pulses, and forages in a continental climate on approximately 6,000 acres of land. Conditions are semi-arid and challenging due to both annual and seasonal variability and unpredictable frosts.
Typically, there are 110 frost-free days, an average of 15 inches of moisture, and an abundance of sunlight in the region. Noting that farm decisions must include managing several factors at once, challenges include economic risks related to interest rates, dollar value, energy costs, and the need to maintain a consistent cash flow in a highly variable environment related to marketing and income. Uncertainty in these factors is exacerbated by the uncertainty in climate and weather conditions. In recent years, the major concerns pertaining to moisture levels.
Meinert Enterprises employs several farm practices to lessen the negative effects of moisture deficits including: trapping snow with stubble from the crops (some crops leave more desirable stubble than others); diversifying crops to include those with greater drought resistance, varying maturation lengths, and different stubble heights; enhanced early moisture infiltration; and employing crop rotation to improve soil quality.
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